dis ‧ taste ‧ ful /dɪsˈteɪstf ə l/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ taste , ↑ distaste , ↑ tastefulness , ↑ taster , ↑ tasting ; adjective : ↑ tasteful ≠ ↑ tasteless , ↑ distasteful , ↑ tasty ; adverb : ↑ tastefully , ↑ distastefully ; verb : ↑ taste ]
unpleasant or morally offensive:
What follows is John’s story. Parts of it may seem distasteful, even shocking.