distastefully

/dɪˈsteɪstfəɫli/ adv

In a distasteful manner.

Word Origin Taste comes from Latin taxare 'to touch, evaluate' — originally, to taste was to touch with the tongue, to evaluate flavor. Distaste is a reversal: a negative evaluation, a dislike. Distastefully means in a manner that offends good taste. The root taxare also gives us tax (originally a charge evaluated), and task (something to be evaluated). So distaste is literally a bad touch. The breakdown dis+taste+ful+ly shows: not + good evaluation + full of + in a manner.

adv In a distasteful manner.

He decorated his apartment distastefully with clashing colors and mismatched furniture.

(副词) 令人反感地;难堪地

他用不协调的颜色和不匹配的家具把公寓装饰得很没品味。

(adverbio) De manera de mal gusto.

Decoró su departamento de mal gusto con colores que chocaban y muebles que no combinaban.

(adverbe) de mauvais goût; d'un mauvais goût [De manière déplaisante, choquante ou de mauvais goût.]

Il a décoré son appartement distastefully avec des couleurs criardes et des meubles dépareillés.

(Adverb) geschmacklos; unappetitlich [auf eine geschmacklose oder unangenehme Weise; so, dass es Abneigung oder Ekel hervorruft]

Er dekorierte seine Wohnung **distastefully** mit grellen Farben und zusammengewürfelten Möbeln.

(副詞) 不快に感じられる様子で、趣味を疑うようなやり方で。

彼はぶつかり合うような色とりどりと、つり合いの取れていない家具で、自分のアパートを趣味悪く飾り付けた。

(advérbio) desagradavelmente; de mau gosto [De maneira desagradável; de mau gosto.]

Ele decorou seu apartamento de mau gosto, com cores que destoam e móveis sem combinação.

Word parts: dis + taste + ful + ly

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