Meanings
- idiomaticOffensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes).
Jokes about someone’s physical appearance are in bad taste.
1 more example
While some envied not finding their own Rolls-Royce like his under the tree, and instead smiled as they opened a pair of socks or new pajamas, others saw it as an ostentation in bad taste.
2022 December 28, Marta Rodríguez Peleteiro, “Georgina criticised for “almost pornographic” gift to Cristiano Ronaldo”, in AS USASynonyms: in poor taste, distasteful
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseOffensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes).
Translations
Finnish mauton
- mautoninappropriate
French de mauvais goût
- de mauvais goûtinappropriate
German geschmacklos
- geschmacklosinappropriate
Italian di cattivo gusto
- di cattivo gustoinappropriate
Polish w złym guście
- w złym guścieinappropriate
Spanish de mal gusto, de pésimo gusto
- de mal gustoinappropriate
- de pésimo gustoinappropriate
- picudoinappropriate
Cite this entry
in bad taste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bad%20taste
“in bad taste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bad%20taste. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in bad taste,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bad%20taste.
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