Reverse Dictionary: DISTASTEFUL

ADJECTIVES
► BRACKISH distasteful → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CRINGEWORTHY causing feelings of acute distaste or embarrassment → 1977 Brit. colloq.
► CRUMBY inferior, shoddy, distasteful → 1859 sl.
► DOOKIE ► DOOKY distasteful, unpleasant, disgusting → 1990s US students’ sl.
► ERKY distasteful, unpleasant → 1950s Aust. sl.
► FASTIDIOUS distasteful, disagreeable, unpleasant, wearisome → 1531 obs.
► FAYSTIE unpleasant, distasteful → 2000 Black British sl.
► FUNKY distasteful, bad, dirty, smelly → 1946 US sl.
► GAGGY highly distasteful → 1960s US homosexual sl.
► GOOEY distasteful and distressing → 1930s sl.
► ICK distasteful, sickly, over-sentimental → 1960s US sl.
► ICKY distasteful, nauseating, unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting → 1929 US sl., chiefly teen usage
► ICKY-BOO ► ICKY-POO distasteful, nauseating, unpleasant → 1920s US sl., chiefly teen usage
► ILK distasteful, unpleasant, bizarre → 2000s African-American sl.
► NAUSEOUS distasteful, unpleasant → M17 sl.
► ON THE NOSE distasteful, offensive; foul-smelling, smelly → 1941 Aust. sl.
► OUTERS unacceptable, distasteful → 2000 sl.
► POOEY containing excrement; disgusting, distasteful, smelly → 1967 mainly UK & Aust.
► SCABBY distasteful, unpleasant, contemptible → M17
► SLEAZO distasteful, often with sexual overtones → 1930s sl.
► SLEAZOID distasteful, often with sexual overtones → 1930s sl.
► SLEAZY ► SLEEZY distasteful, often with sexual overtones → 1930s sl.
► YICKY distasteful, nauseating, unpleasant → 1920s US sl., chiefly teen usage

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► FOOEY! an exclamation expressing distaste, contempt, or disbelief → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► I ASK YOU implies one’s distaste for what has just been said or done → M19
► I CAN HARDLY WAIT ► I CAN’T HARDLY WAIT implies one’s distaste for something that is going to happen in the future → 1930s sl.
► ICK! an exclamation of distaste or dislike → 1948 orig. US
► I WOULDN’T TOUCH IT WITH A BARGE-POLE a phrase indicating utmost distaste or contempt → 19C
► I WOULDN’T TOUCH IT WITH A FORTY-FOOT POLE a phrase indicating utmost distaste or contempt → 19C
► I WOULDN’T TOUCH IT WITH A PAIR OF TONGS a phrase indicating utmost distaste or contempt → 19C
► I WOULDN’T TOUCH IT WITH A RED-HOT POKER a phrase indicating utmost distaste or contempt → 19C
► I WOULDN’T TOUCH IT WITH THE END OF A BARGE-POLE a phrase indicating utmost distaste or contempt → 19C
► POOEY! an exclamation of distaste, revulsion, derision, or contempt → 1927 sl.
► YECCH! ► YECH! ► YECK! an exclamation of distaste or dislike → 1969
► YUCK! ► YUK! an exclamation of distaste or dislike → 1966

NOUNS
► BLIVET ► BLIVIT a distasteful job or situation → 1940s US sl.
► BOOGER something distasteful, troublesome, or discomforting → 1956 Amer. dial.
► CANFUL OF ANGLE-WORMS ► CAN OF WORMS a distasteful, confused, and complex state of affairs → 1927-28 US
► GARP anything distasteful or bad → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► KAKER anything distasteful or unpleasant → 1930s sl.
► KEECH ► KEEK something distasteful or disgusting → 1970s sl.
► MAMMOCK ► MOMMIX something distasteful and strange → 1923 Amer. dial.
► MUNG anything distasteful or filthy → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► OFF-JIVING distasteful behaviour → 1944 African-American sl.
► OWLSHIT anything distasteful → 1972 sl.
► SAMUEL PEPYS a sense of distaste or uneasiness; a nervous feeling → 1980s rhyming sl. for ‘creeps’ (‘Pepys’ pronounced ‘peeps’)
► SKANK-PIT a distasteful, unpleasant place → 1999 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BACK OF THE NECK a distasteful person → 1940s Irish sl.
► BEAST a distasteful or disliked female → 1948 US sl.
► CHROMO an ugly, distasteful person → 1881 US sl.
► KAKER a distasteful or unpleasant person → 1930s sl. 

VERBS
► BITE THE HAIRY BANANA to be unpleasant, to cause annoyance, to be distasteful → 1960 sl.
► CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR to do the most distasteful task → 1833 Amer. dial.
► CHICKENSHIT to act in a distasteful manner → 1960s sl., orig. US
► CRINGE to wince in distaste or embarrassment → 1868 colloq.
► FEEL WALLOW ► FEEL WALLOW-LIKE to have a distaste for one’s food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOTE GUTS TO A BEAR to do the most distasteful task → 1863 Amer. dial.
► TOTE VICTUALS TO A NIGGER to do the most distasteful task → 1863 Amer. dial., offensive
► TOTE VITTLES TO A BEAR to do the most distasteful task → 1863 Amer. dial.