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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·taste·ful a.
 1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.
 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.
    Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions.   --Milton.
 3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. “Distasteful looks.”
 Syn: -- Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting.
 - Dis*taste*ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*taste*ful*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 distastefulness
      n 1: extreme unpalatability [syn: disgustingness, nauseatingness,
            sickeningness, unsavoriness]
      2: the quality of being offensive [syn: offensiveness, odiousness]