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DISRELISH
Etymology
Noun
disrelish (uncountable)
A lack of relish: distaste
Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness.
Verb
disrelish (third-person singular simple present disrelishes, present participle disrelishing, simple past and past participle disrelished)
(transitive) To have no taste for; to reject as distasteful.
(transitive) To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*rel"ish (; see Dis-), n.
1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke.
2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton.
Dis*rel"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrelished; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrelishing.]
1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.
2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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