to taste unpleasant
11unpleasant — unpleasantly, adv. /un plez euhnt/, adj. not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner. [1525 35; UN 1 + PLEASANT] * * * …
12unpleasant — adjective 1) a very unpleasant situation Syn: disagreeable, irksome, distressing, nasty, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, invidious, objectionable 2) an unpleasant man Syn: unlikeable …
13taste of one's own medicine — If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you treat them in the same unpleasant way that they have treated you. People who always late should be given a taste of their own medicine …
14(a) unpleasant taste in your mouth — a bad/nasty/unpleasant/taste in your mouth informal phrase if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while Thesaurus: feelings of hatred or dislikingsynonym …
15acquired taste — noun a) A taste which is not natural or innate, but which has developed through habit or learning. Like many another Italian War hero, young Dino Grandi had turned to the post War Fascist movement to satisfy an acquired taste for action. b)… …
16leave a bad taste in your mouth — leave a bad taste in (your) mouth if an experience leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you have an unpleasant memory of it. I think we all felt that he d been treated unfairly and it left a bad taste in people s mouths …
17leave a bad taste in mouth — leave a bad taste in (your) mouth if an experience leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you have an unpleasant memory of it. I think we all felt that he d been treated unfairly and it left a bad taste in people s mouths …
18(a) bad taste in your mouth — a bad/nasty/unpleasant/taste in your mouth informal phrase if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while Thesaurus: feelings of hatred or dislikingsynonym …
19(a) nasty taste in your mouth — a bad/nasty/unpleasant/taste in your mouth informal phrase if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while Thesaurus: feelings of hatred or dislikingsynonym …
20dis|taste´ful|ness — dis|taste|ful «dihs TAYST fuhl», adjective. unpleasant; disagreeable; offensive: »a distasteful medicine. Cleaning out the garbage cans is a distasteful task. SYNONYM(S): repugnant. –dis|taste´ful|ly, adverb. –dis|taste´ful|ness, noun …
