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distastefulness

noun

The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.

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repugnantness offensiveness objectionability disgustingness nauseatingness sickeningness unsavoriness odiousness

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Meanings

noundistastefulness (uncountable)

uncountableThe state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
Synonyms: repugnantness, offensiveness, objectionability

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.

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repugnantness offensiveness objectionability

More synonyms by meaning

nounextreme unpalatability to the mouth

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disgustingness nauseatingness sickeningness unsavoriness

Broader

unpalatability unpalatableness

nounthe quality of being offensive

Similar

offensiveness odiousness

Broader

Also see

disgustingness nauseatingness odiousness offensiveness sickeningness unsavoriness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From distasteful + -ness.

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APA

distastefulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distastefulness

MLA

“distastefulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distastefulness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distastefulness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distastefulness.

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