Distaste

//dɪsˈteɪst// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a feeling of intense dislike wordnet
  3. 3
    Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes"

  4. 4
    Discomfort; uneasiness. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes."

  5. 5
    Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. uncountable, usually

    "On the part of Heav'n / Now alienated, diſtance and diſtaste,"

Verb
  1. 1
    To dislike. obsolete, transitive

    "How may I auoyde / (Although my will diſtaſte what it elected) / The Wife I choſe, there can be no euaſion / To blench from this, and to ſtand firme by honour."

  2. 2
    to be distasteful; to taste bad intransitive

    "Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons. / Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, […]"

  3. 3
    To offend; to disgust; to displease. obsolete, transitive

    "He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them."

  4. 4
    To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. obsolete, transitive

    "And vvhat auayl'd his Anſvver in that Caſe? / VVhich the time then did vtterly diſtaſte, / And look'd vpon him vvith ſo ſterne a Face, / As it his Actions vtterly diſgrac'd: […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dis- + taste.

Etymology 2

From dis- + taste.

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