The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

courtesan, woman of ill repute, hussy, doxy, lady of the evening
or the night, woman of easy virtue, Slang floozy, hooker, US
chippy, roundheels, bimbo: The paper claimed that the minister
was involved with a woman that it described as 'a tart'.
task n. 1 duty, assignment, business, job, charge, stint, mission,
work, chore, undertaking: It will be your task to keep the
others working. 2 (major) effort, test (of strength), piece of
work, struggle, strain: Getting him to do anything at all was
quite a task. 3 take to task. scold, reprimand, call to
account, blame, censure, recriminate, reproach, reprove, rebuke,
criticize, lecture, upbraid, chide, reprehend: I was taken to
task for failing to notify the police of the break-in.
taste n. 1 drop, soup‡on, dash, pinch, touch, hint, suggestion,
grain, trace, bit; flavour, savour, relish, tang: I added just
the tiniest taste of coriander to the sauce. 2 sample, morsel,
bite, mouthful, bite, sip, nip, swallow: I had a taste of the
sauce and it's superb. 3 palate, desire, inclination, leaning,
partiality, disposition, penchant, liking, fancy, preference,
fondness, appetite, relish, stomach, tolerance: She developed a
taste for caviare and champagne while working in television. 4
discernment, discrimination, perception, judgement, cultivation,
refinement, stylishness, grace, polish, elegance: Her unerring
taste leads her to select only the best. 5 style, mode,
fashion, manner, form, design, motif: The room was decorated in
Moorish taste. 6 decorum, discretion, tactfulness, delicacy,
refinement, politesse, politeness, correctness, propriety,
tastefulness: Evan's taste would never allow him to say
anything rude.
--v. 7 savour, sample, examine, try, test: Taste this and see
if it's too salty. 8 experience, sample, know, have knowledge
of, undergo, encounter, meet (with), come up against: As a
young man he had tasted the pleasures of Paris.
tasteful adj. in good taste, decorous, refined, finished, tactful,
polite, polished, restrained, correct, harmonious, fitting, fit,
proper, discriminating, aesthetic, discriminative, fastidious,
cultivated, comme il faut, elegant, graceful, charming: Though
a bit shabby, her clothes were demure and tasteful.
tasteless adj. 1 in bad or poor taste, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry,