(a) nasty taste in your mouth

(a) nasty taste in your mouth
a bad/nasty/unpleasant/taste in your mouth informal phrase
if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while
Thesaurus: feelings of hatred or dislikingsynonym
Main entry: taste

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  • (a) bad taste in your mouth — a bad/nasty/unpleasant/taste in your mouth informal phrase if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while Thesaurus: feelings of hatred or dislikingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • (a) unpleasant taste in your mouth — a bad/nasty/unpleasant/taste in your mouth informal phrase if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while Thesaurus: feelings of hatred or dislikingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • taste — 1 /teIst/ noun 1 FOOD (singular, uncountable) the special feeling that is produced by a particular food or drink when you put it in your mouth: Sugar has a sweet taste. | Has the milk gone sour? It s got a funny taste. | the strong taste of the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • taste — taste1 [ teıst ] noun *** ▸ 1 flavor ▸ 2 ability to judge if good ▸ 3 types of thing you like ▸ 4 short experience of something ▸ 5 feeling from experience ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount the flavor that something creates in your mouth when you …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • taste — I UK [teɪst] / US noun Word forms taste : singular taste plural tastes *** 1) [countable/uncountable] the flavour that something creates in your mouth when you eat or drink it I love the taste of chocolate. This peach has a sweeter taste than… …   English dictionary

  • nasty — adjective 1 BEHAVIOUR nasty behaviour or remarks are extremely unkind and unpleasant; malicious: a nasty temper | That s a nasty thing to say! | There s a nasty streak in her character. | be nasty to (=treat someone in an unkind way): Don t be so …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • taste — taste1 W2S2 [teıst] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(what you like)¦ 3¦(judgment)¦ 4¦(what is acceptable/not offensive)¦ 5¦(experience)¦ 6¦(feeling)¦ 7 ... to taste ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(FOOD)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nasty — nas|ty S2 [ˈna:sti US ˈnæsti] adj comparative nastier superlative nastiest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(behaviour)¦ 2¦(person)¦ 3¦(experience/situation)¦ 4¦(sight/smell etc)¦ 5¦(injury/illness)¦ 6¦(substance)¦ 7 a nasty piece of work ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • taste — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 flavour/flavor ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, fresh, nice, pleasant, refreshing ▪ distinctive ▪ pungent, rich …   Collocations dictionary

  • leave — 1 /li:v/ verb past tense and past participle left LEAVE A PLACE, VEHICLE 1 LEAVE (I, T) to go away from a place or a person: What time did you leave the office? | They were so noisy that the manager asked them to leave. (+ for): They re leaving… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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