Words similar to unsavory
Example sentences for: unsavory
How can you use “unsavory” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Jesus is currently under siege by coaches, agents, and their unsavory minions, all of whom proffer money, cars, sex, and sundry other illegal inducements to sign with their colleges or professional teams.
In 1846, during the course of an unsavory palace intrigue involving an unsolved murder, meddling by the queen, and the massacre of some 100 high-ranking court figures who had been lured to a palace courtyard, the instigator of these events became the power behind the throne.
This whole unsavory episode brings back memories of skits with Monty Python ! One of my favorite lines was, "You are guilty of six--no, seven--charges of heresy.
That's me at the dice table, baby,Betting come, little joe, and yo,Blowing the coals, laying thunder,My foot on top a fifty dollar chipSome drunk spilled on the floor,Dishonest me, evener of scores,Eager accepter of the extra change,Hotel towel pilferer, coffee spoonLifter, fervent retailer of others'Humor, blackhearted gossiper,Poisoner at the well, dwellerIn unsavory detail, delighted sayerOf the vulgar, off course belierOf the true me, empiric builderNewly haircutted, stickerer-upFor pals, jam unpriser, medicTo the self-inflicted, attorneyTo the self-indicted, petty accountantAnd keeper of the double books,Great divider of the universeAnd all its forms of existenceInto its relationship to me,Fellow trembler to the future,Thin air gawker, apprehenderOf the frameless door.
The OED2e lists about five dozen -ard words to describe people of unsavory character or underdeveloped intellect, and all but the handful above now languish in dusty disuse.
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