Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.

    Her home was decorated with tasteful, classical furnishings.

    geschmackvoll

    having or showing or conforming to good taste

  2. Having a high relish; savoury.

  3. (colloquial)Gay; fashionable.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. They want a tasteful wedding ceremony.

  2. Beer without a tasteful layer of foam isn't beer.

  3. Beer without a tasteful layer of head isn't beer.

  4. That food is very tasteful.

  5. The theater company's characterization of Anne Frank was very emotional, but tasteful.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
exhibiting good taste:

Origin

From taste + -ful.

From taste + -ful.

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Forms

more tasteful, most tasteful
Comparativemore tasteful Lesson
Superlativemost tasteful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
exhibiting good taste:elegantB2tastyB1
savoury:appetizing
fashionable:chic

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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