to taste unpleasant

  • 121cacosmia —    The term cacosmia comes from the Greek words kakos (bad, unpleasant) and osmè (smell, stink, fragrant, odour, scent, perfume). It translates as bad smell . The term cacosmia is used to denote an * olfactory hallucination or illusion presenting …

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  • 122unsavoriness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unpleasant taste Nouns unsavoriness, tastelessness, insipidity; unpalatableness, distaste fulness, roughness, acridity, acridness, acerbity, sourness; gall and wormwood. See dislike, discontent. Verbs be… …

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  • 123unsavory — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Tasteless] Syn. flavorless, bland, unappetizing; see dull 4 . 2. [Offensive] Syn. disagreeable, objectionable, crude, unpleasant, revolting; see also offensive 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. tasteless or bad… …

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  • 124bitter — bit|ter1 W3S3 [ˈbıtə US ər] adj [: Old English; Origin: biter] 1.) feeling angry, jealous, and upset because you think you have been treated unfairly →↑bitterly bitter about ▪ I feel very bitter about what has happened. ▪ a bitter and vindictive… …

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  • 125metallic — me|tal|lic [mıˈtælık] adj 1.) a metallic noise sounds like pieces of metal hitting each other ▪ The key turned in the lock with a loud metallic click. ▪ The pans made a metallic clatter as they crashed to the floor. 2.) a metallic voice is rough …

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  • 126disgust — dis|gust1 [ dıs gʌst ] noun uncount 1. ) a very strong feeling of not liking something: The idea of eating meat fills me with disgust. 2. ) the feeling that you are going to be physically sick that you get when you see, smell, or taste something… …

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  • 127acrid — [[t]æ̱krɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant. The room filled with the acrid smell of tobacco... The plant has an unpleasant odour and an acrid taste. Syn: pungent, bitter …

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  • 128bitter — [[t]bɪ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ bitterest, bitters 1) ADJ GRADED In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely. ...the scene of bitter fighting during the Second World War. ...a bitter attack on the Government s failure …

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