unsavory
adjective
1. morally offensive
- an unsavory reputation
- an unsavory scandal
Similar word(s): offensive, unsavoury
2. not pleasing in odor or taste
Similar word(s): unpalatable, distasteful, unsavoury
Sentences with unsavory as an adjective:
- His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.