acquired taste
something that is unfamiliar or objectionable but becomes gradually more liked or accepted: His modern paintings are an acquired taste.
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How to use acquired taste in a sentence
Thompson’s trademark gonzo style is an acquired taste, as popular works like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas have shown.
Curved displays are an acquired taste, but the Gigabyte G27QC A has many great qualities for a budget monitor.
The best cheap gaming monitors play above their price | Eric Frederiksen | December 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhile the puzzles and action of his franchise can be an acquired taste, there’s no question that the graphics taste delicious, like cloying, artificial fruit flavors in 2-percent milk.
Best Nintendo Switch games for graphics: The titles that justify jumping to the big screen | Billy Cadden | June 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSo far, baijiu seems to be an acquired taste for Westerners.
An acquired taste, certainly, but once acquired never regretted.
Horse is an acquired taste that, as yet, I haven't acquired.
Some think dark chocolate is an acquired taste, but those who like it have a true passion for it.
"Poetry, like cucumbers, is an acquired taste," he said after a while.
The Daffodil Mystery | Edgar WallaceBonnet seemed to be growing proud of his newly acquired taste for rapacity and cruelty.
Kate Bonnet | Frank R. StocktonSmoking is an acquired taste, and it must be as easy to learn to like one flavour as another.
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green | Jerome K. JeromeIt is an acquired taste, if ever it is really liked as much as people say.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water | Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) VincentIt is an acquired taste,—which comes upon one as does that for smoked whisky, or Limerick tobacco.
North America, Volume II (of 2) | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for acquired taste
a liking for something that is at first considered unpleasant
the thing so liked
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Other Idioms and Phrases with acquired taste
Something one learns to like rather than appreciates immediately. For example, Because it is so salty, caviar for many individuals is an acquired taste, or With its lack of decorative detail, this china pattern is definitely an acquired taste. [Mid-1800s]
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