Meaning of in bad taste | Babel Free
Definitions
Offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes).
idiomatic
Equivalents
Deutsch
geschmacklos
Suomi
mauton
Français
de mauvais goût
Italiano
di cattivo gusto
Polski
w złym guście
Examples
“Jokes about someone’s physical appearance are in bad taste.”
“While some envied not finding their own Rolls-Royce like his under the tree, and instead smiled as they opened a pair of socks or new pajamas, others saw it as an ostentation in bad taste.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.