Something distasteful is unpleasant, off-putting, or morally ugly — the kind of thing that gives you distaste. It can be a smell, a sight, a joke, a job, or a way of talking about people. Food can be distasteful if it turns your stomach, but the word is used at least as much about manners and morals: a cruel remark, a greedy boast, a story that should not have been told in that room. It is stronger than I don't fancy that, and a little more formal than gross or nasty.

Something distasteful is unpleasant, off-putting, or morally ugly一個distasteful的東西是令人不舒服、讓人反感，或在道德上很醜陋的 — the kind of thing that gives you distaste——就是會讓你感到反感（distaste）的那種東西。It can be a smell, a sight, a joke, a job, or a way of talking about people可以是一種氣味、一個畫面、一個笑話、一份工作，或講別人的一種方式。Food can be distasteful if it turns your stomach食物如果讓你反胃，也可以說是distasteful but the word is used at least as much about manners and morals但這個字至少同樣常用在講禮貌和道德上: a cruel remark, a greedy boast, a story that should not have been told in that room像殘忍的話、貪心的炫耀，或不該在那個場合講的故事。It is stronger than I don't fancy that它比『I don't fancy that（我不太喜歡那個）』來得強烈 and a little more formal than gross or nasty也比gross或nasty正式一點。

Though actually, people stretch it. One person calls a rude joke distasteful; another saves the word for something they find wrong, not merely unfunny.

Though actually, people stretch it不過其實大家也會把這個字用得更寬。One person calls a rude joke distasteful有人會把一個粗魯的笑話說成distasteful another saves the word for something they find wrong, not merely unfunny另一個人則把這個字留給他們覺得真的不對的事，而不只是不好笑。

Tasteful is the cleaner opposite in the manners sense: in good taste. Distasteful is not the same as tasteless, which can also mean food with no flavour.

Tasteful is the cleaner opposite in the manners sense在禮貌這個意思上，tasteful是比較乾淨的反義詞: in good taste意思是「有品味」。Distasteful is not the same as tastelessdistasteful跟tasteless不一樣 which can also mean food with no flavourtasteless也可以指食物沒味道。