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In some senses, distasteful is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Having a bad or foul taste.
Near-synonym: unpalatable
The food had very distasteful flavour.
Unpleasant.
Near-synonym: unpalatable
Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.
Offensive.
distasteful language
AIDS is primarily a sexually transmitted disease and to not focus on the documented routes of transmission — however distasteful they may be to some legislators — is an ineffective and bigoted means of education by any standards.