distasteful

distasteful and unpleasant

yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally n a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

in an offensively distasteful manner

n nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do n a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery n deliberately avoiding

a substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one