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Unpleasant or offensive in nature, especially to one's mind or feelings

Displeasing to one's senses

Displeasing to taste or when eaten

Obscene or offensive in nature

Very showy, tasteless or vulgar in manner

Bland or lacking in flavor

Lacking in tact or grace

Contrary to the laws and customs of society that define proper or appropriate behavior

Not up to a satisfactory standard

Prohibited or restricted by social custom

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Adjective

Unpleasant or offensive in nature, especially to one's mind or feelings

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

ill-favoured^UK

beyond contempt

beneath contempt

unfavourable^UK

very disgusting

poverty-stricken

not quite the thing

demoralizing^US

strictly for the birds

demoralising^UK

not the done thing

highly improper

not quite the done thing

very unpleasant

unprepossessing

no oil painting

as plain as a pikestaff

not much to look at

near the knuckle

close to the bone

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“Debates emphasize ills to be corrected rather than distasteful choices to be made.”

Adjective

Displeasing to one's senses

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

very unpleasant

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“The distasteful odor of wet feathers assailed her memory, and her nose twitched in disdain.”

Adjective

Displeasing to taste or when eaten

unpleasant-tasting

unfit for human consumption

strong-smelling

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“Species feeding on toxic milkweeds accumulate the chemicals in their bodies and are quite distasteful to predators.”

Adjective

Obscene or offensive in nature

low-down-and-dirty

near the knuckle

lowdown and dirty

sexually explicit

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Adjective

Very showy, tasteless or vulgar in manner

putting on the ritz

brightly colored^US

brightly coloured^UK

bright-coloured

cheap and nasty

multicoloured^UK

multicolored^US

many-coloured^US

many-colored^UK

highly-coloured

exhibitionistic

like an explosion in a paint factory

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

not up to snuff

painful to look at

richly colored^UK

twopenny-halfpenny

richly coloured^US

brilliantly colored^US

brilliantly coloured^UK

multi-colored^US

multi-coloured^UK

many-splendoured

bargain-basement

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

rainbow-coloured

rainbow-colored

hyperventilated

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Adjective

Bland or lacking in flavor

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Adjective

Lacking in tact or grace

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

speaking as one finds

calling a spade a spade

ungentlemanlike

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Adjective

Contrary to the laws and customs of society that define proper or appropriate behavior

beyond the pale

Adjective

Not up to a satisfactory standard

not good enough

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

not all it's cracked up to be

dissatisfactory

unfavourable^UK

less-than-stellar

not up to standard

a load of pants

bargain-basement

cheap and nasty

less than ideal

not up to expectations

leaving much to be desired

foolish-looking

ill-favoured^UK

no great shakes

leaving a lot to be desired

of poor quality

good-for-nothing

poverty-stricken

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

thrown together

twopenny-halfpenny

down-at-the-heels

unsophisticated

strictly for the birds

end-of-the-pier

undistinguished

scarcely credible

hard to believe

hard to swallow

unable to do something for toffee

knocked together

under the weather

difficult to believe

beyond contempt

in poor condition

beyond the pale

underprivileged

gone to rack and ruin

unsubstantiated

very unpleasant

all the worse for wear

inconsequential

green about the gills

won't hold water

self-contradictory

pieced together

ill-constructed

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

run-of-the-mine

fair-to-middling

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

of no consequence

nothing to write home about

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Adjective

Prohibited or restricted by social custom

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