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1) a clear, tasteless substance, made by boiling bones etc, used to make food set like a jelly (gelatin)

2) a white, tasteless substance as present in potatoes, grain etc (starch)

3) heavy and tasteless food, e.g. boiled rice that has been cooked badly (stodge)

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arty

pretending or falsely claiming to be a artistic

pretended expertise in art; affected interest

barbaric

cruel, uncultured

crude, savage

brutish

of or like a brute

obscene, vulgar

dowdy

(of clothes etc) dull or unfashionable

poorly dressed; old-fashioned

flashy

shining and attractive but often a little vulgar

flamboyant, in poor taste

gaudy

too bright and showy

bright and vulgar

inappropriate

not appropriate or suitable

not proper, suitable

indecent

(of behaviour, talk etc) obscene or offensive

obscene, vulgar; offensive

indelicate

(of a person, speech, behaviour etc) indecent or rude

obscene, vulgar

indigestible

difficult or impossible to digest

inedible

inedible

(of a kind) not suitable to be eaten

unpalatable

outlandish

looking or sounding very odd, strange (especially to shock)

bizarre, strange

raffish

unmindful of social conventions

unmindful of social conventions

stale

(of food) dry and unappetizing because not fresh; uninteresting because heard before; (of an athlete, musician etc) no longer able to perform well because of too much playing, training, practice etc

old, decayed

unappetizing

not appetizing

distasteful

unbecoming

not suitable

improper, unsuitable

unsavoury

unpleasant

revolting, sickening

vulgar

very rude; showing bad manners; showing the absence of taste

rude, offensive

watery

of or like water; containing, cooked in, too much water; (of colour) pale; (of the eyes etc) filled with water

liquid, diluted

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