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… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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
