DISTASTE

antipathy, aversion, distaste

(noun) a feeling of intense dislike

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

distaste (usually uncountable, plural distastes)

A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.

(obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.

(obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness.

Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

Verb

distaste (third-person singular simple present distastes, present participle distasting, simple past and past participle distasted)

(obsolete, transitive) To dislike.

(intransitive) to be distasteful; to taste bad

(obsolete, transitive) To offend; to disgust; to displease.

(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.

Anagrams

• staidest

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*taste", n.

1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.

2. Discomfort; uneasiness. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.

3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

Syn.

– Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.

Dis*taste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.]

1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. Although my will distaste what it elected. Shak.

2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.] He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Sir J. Davies.

3. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton.

Dis*taste", v. i.

Definition: To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.] Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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