| Main Entry: | unsavory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | revolting, sickening |
Synonyms: |
acid, bitter, bland, disagreeable, distasteful, dull, flavorless, gross*, icky, insipid, lousy, nasty, nauseating, no good, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, rancid, rank, raunchy*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, rough, sad, shady, sharp, shifty, sour, stinking, tart, tasteless, tough, unappetizing, unpalatable, unpleasant, wrong |
Antonyms: |
appetizing, attractive, savory |
| Main Entry: | disagreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, offensive |
Synonyms: |
annoying, awful, bad, bothersome, displeasing, distasteful, distressing, drag, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, pain, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, rotten, sour, unhappy, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, upsetting, woeful |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, inoffensive, nice, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | distasteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repulsive, unpleasant |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent, abominable, afflictive, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, grody, gross*, hateful, icky, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, savorless, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unlikable, unpalatable, unsavory, yicky, yucky |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, lackluster to the senses |
Synonyms: |
banal, blah, bland, blind, boring, colorless, dead, dim, drab, draggy, flavorless, ho hum, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, lead balloon, lifeless, matte, monotonous, muted, pointless, prosaic, prosy, sapless, spiritless, stale, tasteless, tedious, uninteresting, unpalatable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla, vapid, watery, weak, whitebread |
Antonyms: |
bubbly, effervescent, sharp |
| Main Entry: | insipid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless |
Synonyms: |
bland, distasteful, flat, flavorless, jejune, mild, savorless, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, watered-down, watery |
| Notes: | sipid - of pleasing taste, flavor, or character - is the opposite of insipid |
Antonyms: |
appetizing, delicious, tasty, yummy |
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
Synonyms: |
aromatic, balmy, dank, effluvious, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, redolent, reeking, rotten, savorous, savory, scent-laden, scented, scentful, skunky, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, unsavory, whiffy |
Antonyms: |
odorless |
| Main Entry: | sour |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tasting; gone bad |
Synonyms: |
acerb, acetic, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulated, acrid, astringent, bad, biting, bitter, briny, caustic, curdled, cutting, dry, fermented, green, keen, musty, peppery, piquant, pungent, rancid, salty, sharp, soured, sourish, stinging, tart, turned, unpleasant, unripe, unsavory, unwholesome, vinegary, with a kick |
Antonyms: |
good, pleasant, sweet, tasty |
| Main Entry: | tasteless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without flavor |
Synonyms: |
big zero, blah*, bland, boring, distasteful, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, mild, nowhere, pabulum, plain, plain vanilla, savorless, stale, tame, thin, unappetizing, uninspired, uninteresting, unpalatable, unpleasurable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla, vapid, watered-down, watery, weak, without spice, zero* |
Antonyms: |
appetizing, flavorful, savory, tasty |
| Main Entry: | unappetizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distasteful |
Synonyms: |
flat, flavorless, grody, gross, icky, insipid, savorless, stinky, tasteless, unappealing, unattractive, uninteresting, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, vapid, yucky |
Antonyms: |
appetizing, attractive, delicious, savory, tasty |
| Main Entry: | undesirable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, unacceptable |
Synonyms: |
abominable, annoying, bothersome, defective, disagreeable, disliked, displeasing, distasteful, dreaded, icky, inadmissible, incommodious, inconvenient, inexpedient, insufferable, loathed, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxious, out of place, outcast, rejected, repellent, repugnant, scorned, shunned, to be avoided, troublesome, unattractive, unlikable, unpleasing, unpopular, unsatisfactory, unsavory, unsought, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcome, unwished for, useless |
Antonyms: |
acceptable, appealing, desirable, pleasing, savory |