Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Distasteful or disagreeable: an unsavory task.
- adj. Not savory: an unsavory meal.
- adj. Morally offensive: an unsavory scandal.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not savory; tasteless; insipid.
- Disagreeable to the taste or smell. Unpleasing; offensive, intellectually or morally; disagreeable.
- Synonyms Unpalatable, ill-flavored, state.
- Disgusting, nauseous.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not savory; without flavor.
- adj. Of bad taste; distasteful.
- adj. Making an activity undesirable.
- adj. Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. morally offensive
- adj. not pleasing in odor or taste
Examples
“Hard to imagine that anything this unsavory is anything but a hoax.”
“It makes people build more houses, which leads to urban sprawl and an automotive dominated transit infrastructure that contributes to global warming, leaves us dependent on fuel sources in unsavory parts of the globe, and wastes countless man-hours by being so damned spread out.”
“Why don't you look over to the business and law schools profs, they make almost twice what you make, but that doesn't mean anything unsavory is going on.”
“His mannerisms and tone on television suggest an abiding arrogance; he is often described as unsavory and unpleasant.”
““The whole kernel has been reorganized and rewritten to help prevent software from affecting the system in unsavory ways.””
“Just because you think something unsavory is necessary doesn’t mean you love it.”
“If you add all the milk, or too much of the milk at one time, the sauce will contain unsavory lumps of flour.)”
“Characterized by an unsavory combination of ignorance, callousness and raw greed, members of this party control one chamber of Congress, and a number of state legislatures and governorships around the country.”
“This "essentialism" is a technical word for the attributes of traditional racism: namely, that there is some essential attribute to being a particular race which causes certain often characterized as unsavory behaviors.”
“O'BRIEN: That word unsavory, I wonder where he got that impression.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘unsavory’.
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
cadre, bribery, bashing, backhander, clash, crony, coercion, coterie, chicanery, baksheesh, acolyte, backlash and 256 more...
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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common/uncommon GRE
Combination some common, some uncommon preparation of GRE words.
thwart, schmooze, siren, ebullient, eclectic, efficacy, adorn, felicitous, grandiloquent, eloquence, epitomize, vilify and 10 more...
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My List
A list of words that I have generated over time.
cairn, cacodaemoniacal, abash, abject, abjure, abstemious, abhor, abnegate, abnegation, abscond, abstruse, acclivity and 702 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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thegirlnextfloor's list
autumnal, avalanche, silhouette, antique, abysmal, scorch, sonic, surge, symmetry, whisper, penchant, dissipate and 349 more...
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Barron's 1100 words you need to know ...
acme, candid, compassion, copious, covet, degrade, depict, dexterity, epitome, genre, grotesque, ignominious and 8 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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Words I like to say:
thicket, mojave, lorelei, silvery, ringlet, shimmer, autumn, charming, chilly, lipid, patina, adore and 43 more...
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Use these more!
perpensity, sagacity, desiderium, quiescence, deleterious, valetudinarianism, boreal, thwart, unsavory, otiose, pastiche, abstemious and 1 more...
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stdave's Words
unsavory, savory, facetious, defenestrate, schadenfreude, quixotic, esoteric, apocryphal, penultimate, cruft, capricious, ambidextrous and 8 more...
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set 9
tryst, ruse, enrapture, epithet, chaffing, untenable, agape, obsequious, prattle, comestible, rueful, aquiline and 80 more...
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simple & useful words
sallow, rejoinder, ooziness, nimbleness, volitional, unsavory, parched, discordant, hampering, ramshackle, irresolute, slithery and 79 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, U
udder, undercarriage, umpteen, umbrage, upholstery, unnerving, ubiquitous, ultraviolet, untoward, upheaval, unabashed, uncanny and 86 more...
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