Unpalatable - English meaning

adjective

Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.

Usage examples:

Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour

noun

Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste, brewed by top fermentation.

Usage examples:

A pint of bitter

adjective

Having a slightly stinging, strong taste, not salty or sweet

Usage examples:

The coffee was bitter., losing the election was a bitter disappointment., she has no bitterness abo…

adjective

Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.

Usage examples:

Bland, mass-produced pop music

adjective

Arousing revulsion or strong indignation.

Usage examples:

He had the most disgusting rotten teeth

verb

Cause (someone) to feel revulsion or strong disapproval.

Usage examples:

They were disgusted by the violence

Highly offensive

adjective

(of food or drink) lacking flavour; bland or tasteless.

Usage examples:

The soup was thin and flavourless

adjective

Having little or no flavour

Usage examples:

These grapes are completely flavourless.

adjective

Having little or no flavour

Usage examples:

These grapes are completely flavourless.

adjective

Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.

Usage examples:

A horrible massacre

adjective

Very bad, unpleasant, or disgusting

Usage examples:

There was a horrible smell outside the factory.

adjective

Not fit or suitable for eating.

Usage examples:

An inedible variety of mushroom

adjective

Not suitable as food

Usage examples:

The potato plant produces inedible fruit that looks like green tomatoes.

adjective

Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.

Usage examples:

Mugs of insipid coffee

adjective

(of food) lacking a strong taste or character, or (of people, activities, or entertainment) lacking in interest or energy

Usage examples:

An insipid flavor, insipid tv sitcoms

adjective

Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting.

Usage examples:

The stench was nauseating

verb

Affect with nausea.

Usage examples:

The thought of food nauseated her

adjective

Making you feel as if you are going to vomit

Usage examples:

The tv news can be pretty nauseating at times.

adjective

Slightly unpleasant or worrying so that you do not want to get involved in any way

Usage examples:

He's slightly aggressive, which a lot of people find off-putting when they first meet him., what i …

adjective

(of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.

Usage examples:

Rancid meat

adjective

(of food containing a fat such as butter or oil) tasting or smelling unpleasant because it is not fresh

adjective

Causing intense disgust; disgusting.

Usage examples:

There was a revolting smell that lingered in the air

verb

Take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.

Usage examples:

The iceni revolted and had to be suppressed

adjective

Disgusting

Usage examples:

I’ve never eaten such revolting food!

noun

Another term for ti.

abbreviation

The international system of units of measurement.

abbreviation

Statutory instrument.

adjective

Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust.

Usage examples:

A sickening stench of blood

verb

Make (someone) feel disgusted or appalled.

Usage examples:

She was sickened by the bomb attack

adjective

Extremely unpleasant; causing you to experience unpleasant feelings

Usage examples:

She slipped and fell with a sickening thud.

adjective

Having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar.

Usage examples:

She sampled the wine and found it was sour

noun

A drink made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice.

Usage examples:

A rum sour

verb

Make or become sour.

Usage examples:

Water soured with tamarind

adjective

Lacking flavour.

Usage examples:

The vegetables were watery and tasteless

adjective

Showing such bad judgment as to be offensive

Usage examples:

They received hundreds of complaints after he told a tasteless joke on tv., the soup was watery and…

adjective

Not inviting or attractive.

Usage examples:

The company faces some unappealing choices

adjective

Not attractive or interesting

adjective

Not inviting or attractive; unwholesome.

Usage examples:

An unappetizing leg of chicken

adjective

Unappetizing food does not look or smell attractive and does not make you want to eat it

Usage examples:

If you overcook pasta before freezing it, its texture will be unappetizing once it's defrosted., th…

adjective

Not fit to be eaten.

Usage examples:

We all complained about the uneatable breakfast

adjective

Not suitable or good enough to eat

Usage examples:

She did not tell me about the cold, or the unkind teachers or that the food was often burnt and une…

adjective

(especially of a place or prospect) not attractive.

Usage examples:

The house was dark and uninviting

adjective

(especially of a place) not attractive

adjective

Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.

Usage examples:

They looked at the scanty, unsavoury portions of food doled out to them

adjective

Unpleasant, or morally offensive

Usage examples:

Unsavoury sexual practices, an unsavoury reputation

adjective

Messy or disgusting.

Usage examples:

Yucky green-grey slushy cabbage