Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.
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
