tasteful, tasty

tasteful, tasty
Tasteful is standard in the sense of "having or displaying good taste." Tasty means only "having a pleasing flavor," "savory." One should usually refer to a tasteful affair or ceremony and to a tasty meal (which might also be served in a tasteful manner): "The diplomatic reception was a tasteful affair, and the food served at it was tasty."

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  • tasteful - tasty — ◊ tasteful Something that is tasteful is attractive and elegant. You can use tasteful to talk about things such as furniture, ornaments, and clothes. The bedroom was simple but tasteful. He always sent the most tasteful Christmas cards. ◊ tasty …   Useful english dictionary

  • tasteful — tasty, tasteful Tasty is now restricted to the context of food (and some transferred uses) and is not used in the context of good taste (= aesthetic judgement), for which tasteful is the appropriate adjective. The opposite word tasteless, however …   Modern English usage

  • tasty — tasty, tasteful Tasty is now restricted to the context of food (and some transferred uses) and is not used in the context of good taste (= aesthetic judgement), for which tasteful is the appropriate adjective. The opposite word tasteless, however …   Modern English usage

  • tasteful — See tasteful, tasty …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • tasty — See tasteful, tasty …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • Tasteful — Taste ful (t[=a]st f[.u]l), a. 1. Having a high relish; savory. Tasteful herbs. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. [1913 Webster] {Taste ful*ly}, adv. {Taste… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tasteful — [adj] nice, refined aesthetically pleasing, artistic, beautiful, charming, chaste, classical, classy, cultivated, cultured, delectable, delicate, discriminating, elegant, esthetic, exquisite, fastidious, fine, graceful, gratifying, handsome,… …   New thesaurus

  • tasty — (adj.) 1610s, from TASTE (Cf. taste) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2); in late 18c. it also could mean tasteful, elegant (from the secondary sense of TASTE (Cf. taste) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tasty — [adj] delicious appetizing, delectable, delish*, divine, flavorful, flavorsome, flavory, full flavored, good tasting, heavenly, luscious, mellow, palatable, piquant, pungent, sapid, savory, scrumptious, spicy, sugar coated, sweetened, tasteful,… …   New thesaurus

  • tasty — [tās′tē] adj. tastier, tastiest 1. that tastes good; flavorful; savory 2. Now Rare TASTEFUL tastily adv. tastiness n …   English World dictionary

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