I believe you must have eaten some ‘not delicious’ food. However, do you know how to describe it? Actually, there are many ways of saying ‘not yummy’, it could just be “tasteless” or “overcooked.”

 

Let’s learn about the following 8 words to describe food!

 

1. Gross

Extremely unpleasant

 

Oh, gross! The flies are buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.

 

2. Bland

Not having much taste

 

I find the chicken a little bland.

 

3. Overcooked

Food that has nee cooked for too long

 

Be careful not to overcook the pasta.

 

4. Nasty

Bad or very unpleasant

 

The salad is really too nasty. Those vegetables are not fresh anymore.

 

5. Moldy

Food covered with a soft green or grey layer

 

The bread becomes moldy after putting here for few days.

 

6. Tough

Food that is difficult to cut or eat

 

The steak is too tough to cut it.

 

7. Inedible

Not suitable as food

 

The meat was inedible. It becomes smelly.

 

8. Rancid

Tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh (oil or butter related)

 

The grocer took back the rancid butter.