Meanings
comparative more tasteless · superlative most tasteless · alternative obsolete tastelesse
- Having no flavour; bland; insipid.
Near-synonym: untasteable
1 more example
They accused the cook of being a hack, claiming that the soup was tasteless.
Synonyms: untasteable
- Lacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.
They accused the designer of being a tasteless hack.
2 more examples
That was a rather tasteless attack on the designer, especially given that many people like the design.
Malcolm seeks help via the Internet but not before he has elaborately explicit “sex” with Abigail, easily among the most offensively tasteless gross-outs in a movie that delights in them.
2014 April 19, Stephen Schaefer, “Wayans’ ‘Haunted’ sequel fails to scare up laughs”, in Boston Herald, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2020, retrieved 22 Apr 2014Synonyms: untasteful, atrocious, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, campy, catchpenny · Antonyms: tasteful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving no flavour; bland; insipid.
adjectiveLacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivelacking flavor
adjectivelacking aesthetic or social taste
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishtaste
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishtasteless
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄγευστος
- ἄγευστος (ágeustos)having no flavour
Bulgarian безвкусен, нетактичен
- безвкусен (bezvkusen)having no flavour
- нетактичен (netaktičen)lacking refinement
- неприличен (nepriličen)lacking refinement
Catalan sonso, sense sabor
- sonsohaving no flavour
- sense saborhaving no flavour
- sense gusthaving no flavour
- insípidhaving no flavour
Chinese Cantonese 淡, 冇味
- 淡 (taam⁵)having no flavour
- 冇味 (mou⁵ mei⁶)having no flavour
- 淡茂茂 (taam⁵ mau⁴ mau⁴)having no flavour
- 淡而無味 /淡而无味 (taam⁵ ji⁴ mou⁴ mei⁶)having no flavour
Chinese Mandarin 淡, 不美味
- 淡 (dàn)having no flavour
- 不美味 (bù měiwèi)having no flavour
- 淡而無味 /淡而无味 (dàn'érwúwèi)having no flavour
- 粗魯 /粗鲁 (cūlǔ)lacking refinement
Danish smagløs, smagløs
- smagløshaving no flavour
- smagløslacking refinement
Dutch smakeloos, smakeloos
- smakelooshaving no flavour
- smakelooslacking refinement
Finnish mauton, mauton
- mautonhaving no flavour
- mautonlacking refinement
French fade
- fadehaving no flavour
German geschmacklos, geschmacklos
- geschmackloshaving no flavour
- geschmackloslacking refinement
Greek άγευστος
- άγευστος (ágefstos)having no flavour
Hungarian ízetlen, íztelen
- ízetlenhaving no flavour
- íztelenhaving no flavour
- ízléstelenlacking refinement
Indonesian tawar
- tawarhaving no flavour
Irish leamh
- leamhhaving no flavour
Italian insipido, insapore
- insipidohaving no flavour
- insaporehaving no flavour
Japanese 味のない, 不味い
- 味のない (aji no nai)having no flavour
- 不味い (mazui)having no flavour
Korean 맛없다
- 맛없다 (madeopda)having no flavour
Latin insulsus, insulsus
- insulsushaving no flavour
- insulsuslacking refinement
Māori kōwhau
- kōwhauhaving no flavour
Norwegian flau
- flauhaving no flavour
Norwegian Bokmål smakløs, smaklaus
- smakløshaving no flavour
- smaklaushaving no flavour
- smakløslacking refinement
- smaklauslacking refinement
Polish bez smaku
- bez smakuhaving no flavour
Portuguese insípido
- insípidohaving no flavour
Romanian fără gust, insipid
- fără gusthaving no flavour
- insipidhaving no flavour
- fadhaving no flavour
- searbădhaving no flavour
Russian безвку́сный, пре́сный
- безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj)having no flavour
- пре́сный (présnyj)having no flavour
- невку́сный (nevkúsnyj)having no flavour
- беста́ктный (bestáktnyj)lacking refinement
- безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj)lacking refinement
Scottish Gaelic ana-blasta, ana-blasta
- ana-blastahaving no flavour
- ana-blastalacking refinement
Spanish insípido, desabrido
- insípidohaving no flavour
- desabridohaving no flavour
- sosohaving no flavour
- vulgarlacking refinement
- corrientelacking refinement
Swedish smaklös
- smaklöshaving no flavour
Tagalog mayapa
- mayapahaving no flavour
Thai จืด
- จืด (jʉ̀ʉt)having no flavour
Turkish tatsız, lezzetsiz
- tatsızhaving no flavour
- lezzetsizhaving no flavour
- yavanhaving no flavour
Vietnamese lạt, nhạt
- lạthaving no flavour
- nhạthaving no flavour
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
tasteless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tasteless
“tasteless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tasteless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tasteless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tasteless.
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