adj
Meaning 1
Unpleasant to the taste.
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adj
Unpleasant to the taste.
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adj
Unpleasant or disagreeable.
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Usage: broadly, figuratively
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noun
Anything distasteful.
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adjective
not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: palatable
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *pleth2-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh2-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English palatable English unpalatable From un- + palatable.
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