Meaning

4 senses
  1. (US)Not savory; without flavor.

  2. (US)Of bad taste; distasteful.

    not pleasing in odor or taste

  3. (US)Making an activity undesirable.

  4. (US)Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.

    His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.

    anrüchig, unappetitlich

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom's comments were unsavory.

    Коментарі Тома були огидні.

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  2. There were some unsavory rumors about Tom.

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  3. Yanni's boss is an unsavory character.

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  4. There were some unsavory rumors about him.

    ruО нём ходили предосудительные слухи.

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  5. It was unsavory, to say the least.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
disreputable:

Forms

more unsavory, most unsavory
Comparativemore unsavory Lesson
Superlativemost unsavory Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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