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UNSAVORINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsavoriness mean? 

UNSAVORINESS (noun)
  The noun UNSAVORINESS has 2 senses:

1. extreme unpalatability to the mouthplay

2. the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mindplay

  Familiarity information: UNSAVORINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSAVORINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extreme unpalatability to the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

disgustingness; distastefulness; nauseatingness; sickeningness; unsavoriness

Hypernyms ("unsavoriness" is a kind of...):

unpalatability; unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mouth)

Derivation:

unsavory (not pleasing in odor or taste)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

disgustingness; unsavoriness

Hypernyms ("unsavoriness" is a kind of...):

unpalatability; unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mind)

Derivation:

unsavory (morally offensive)


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