Distasteful
Distasteful adjective - Disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste.
Trying and distasteful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Distasteful".
Nearby Word: distaste
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Distasteful and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distasteful" instead an adjective "Trying".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Picard: ...trying to bully someone is a distasteful tactic under any circumstance.
Source: Bullying A Dragon / Literature -
Well-Intentioned Extremist: While the kidnapping and experimenting on innocent humans is a little distasteful, all Lucian was really trying to do was prevent the vampires from exterminating his species.
Source: Film / Underworld -
Sam leaped into a mortician in an episode of Quantum Leap, who was already regarded as rather distasteful by the people in town, and then he started trying to solve the murder of his most recent corpse, asking questions and pawing through her things.
Source: Creepy Mortician
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