UNPALATABILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being unacceptable to the mind

Example:

the policy's unpalatability caused an uproar

Synonyms:

unpalatability; unpalatableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unpalatability" is a kind of...):

disagreeableness (the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unpalatability"):

disgustingness; unsavoriness (the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind)

Meaning:

The property of being unacceptable to the mouth

Synonyms:

unpalatability; unpalatableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unpalatability" is a kind of...):

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unpalatability"):

disgustingness; distastefulness; nauseatingness; sickeningness; unsavoriness (extreme unpalatability to the mouth)

unappetisingness; unappetizingness (the property of spoiling the appetite)

Antonym:

palatability (the property of being acceptable to the mouth)

Derivation:

unpalatable (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind)