Synonyms for unsavory
un·sa·vo·ry

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1. unsavory

   Synonyms:
   acrid, bitter, loathsome, nauseous, repulsive, unpalatable

   Antonyms:
   dainty, delicious, delightful, exquisite, luscious, savory

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1. unsavory, unsavoury, offensiveadjective

   morally offensive

   "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, loathsome, nauseating, unsavoury, nauseous, offensive, dysphemistic, distasteful, sickening, violative, vile, noisome

   Antonyms:
   palatable, toothsome, savory, savoury

2. distasteful, unsavory, unsavouryadjective

   not pleasing in odor or taste

   Synonyms:
   loathly, disgustful, disgusting, yucky, unsavoury, offensive, wicked, revolting, loathsome, foul, distasteful, repelling, repellant, repellent, skanky

   Antonyms:
   toothsome, savoury, savory, palatable

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1. unsavoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   unpalatable, tasteless, insipid, flat, vapid, savorless, mawkish, stale, ill-flavored

2. unsavoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   unpleasing, disgusting, nauseous, offensive

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1. unsavoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   offensive, rank, unpleasant, insipid, savorless, mawkish, unpalatable, vapid

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1. List of paraphrases for "unsavory":

   disgusting, repulsive, undesirable, repugnant

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How to use unsavory in a sentence?

1. Aaron Fischer:

   When you actually crack a prostitution ring or crackdown on junkets, that's always going to create a lot of headlines. Short term, it might be painful to see these unsavory things.

2. Scott Prendergast:

   I have lived and worked in New York City my whole life and it is definitely starting to remind me of the 1980s as far as unsavory characters being a lot more visible.

3. Anna Eskamani:

   It's clear based on the rhetoric, based on who supports them, based on the intention of those who have supported these bills that the goal is to erase LGBTQ + people, it's to erase conversations on Black history, on parts of America's past that are unsavory but are important for us to acknowledge so that we don't repeat them.

4. Josh Shapiro:

   Purdue ignored the safety of Pennsylvanians, some of whom died as a result of the illegal and suspicious prescriptions written by these doctors. Purdue took full advantage of the situation. They targeted doctors with unsavory practices, they lied to sell more drugs, and as a result, they pumped our commonwealth with as much Oxy as possible.

5. The National Press Club:

   We call on all Americans to see this unsavory attempt to minimize the grisly bone-saw attack on Washington Post opinion writer Jamal Khashoggi for what it is -- an attempt to sweep under the rug a brutal state-sponsored murder, we call on people of conscience to reject this tournament. Do not attend. Do not watch it on television. Let it fail.