unsavoriness
- n extreme unpalatability to the mouth
- n the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind
- Thomson piles unsavoriness upon unsavoriness: murders, betrayals, secrets and low-budget aphorisms like "People in movies have a sensational now about them and a mysterious past.
- The word politician, which may carry enough downbeat connotation for most tastes, can be given additional unsavoriness by truncation: pol.