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- DictionaryUn·sa·vor·y/ˌənˈsāv(ə)rē/
adjective
- 1. disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at: "they looked at the scanty, unsavory portions of food doled out to them"
Call something unsavory if it's unappetizing, tasteless, or morally offensive. Curdled sour milk is pretty unsavory , as are the dirty details of the latest political scandal. The adjective unsavory was formed by merging un , meaning “not,” with savory , meaning “pleasant, agreeable.”
unpleasant, or morally offensive: unsavory sexual practices. an unsavory reputation. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie. dissipated. dissolutely. dissoluteness. enormity. nefariously. nefariousness. no good idiom. no more Mr Nice Guy idiom. non-ethical. tawdry. trespass. turpitude.
adj. 1. not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal. 2. unpleasant in taste or smell; distasteful. 3. unappealing or disagreeable, as a pursuit or task. 4. socially or morally objectionable or offensive: an unsavory past. Also, esp. Brit.,un•sa′vour•y. [1175–1225] un•sa′vor•i•ly, adv. un•sa′vor•i•ness, n.
unsavory. adjective. Definition of unsavory. 1. as in distasteful. disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste an unsavory blend of spices that simply overwhelmed the fish's delicate flavor. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. distasteful. unappetizing. unpalatable. horrible. bad. nasty. awful. brackish. filthy. yucky. obnoxious. offensive.
4 days ago · 1. not savory; tasteless or insipid. an unsavory meal. 2. unpleasant in taste or smell; distasteful.
unappealing or disagreeable, as a pursuit: Poor teachers can make education unsavory. socially or morally objectionable or offensive: an unsavory past; an unsavory person. See more
adjective. (Canadian English usually unsavoury) /ʌnˈseɪvəri/ unpleasant or offensive; not considered morally acceptable an unsavory incident Her friends are all pretty unsavory characters. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
