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UNSAVORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsavory mean?
• UNSAVORY (adjective)
The adjective UNSAVORY has 2 senses:
1. morally offensive
2. not pleasing in odor or taste
Familiarity information: UNSAVORY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally offensive
Synonyms:
offensive; unsavory; unsavoury
Context example:
an unsavory scandal
Antonym:
savory (morally wholesome or acceptable)
Derivation:
unsavoriness (the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not pleasing in odor or taste
Synonyms:
distasteful; unsavory; unsavoury
Similar:
unpalatable (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind)
Derivation:
unsavoriness (extreme unpalatability to the mouth)
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