Synonyms

distaste

American

[dis-teyst] / dɪsˈteɪst /

noun

dislike; disinclination.

Synonyms:

disgust, repugnance, aversion
dislike for food or drink.

verb (used with object)

distasted, distasting

Archaic. to dislike.

distaste British

/ dɪsˈteɪst /

noun

(often foll by for) an absence of pleasure (in); dislike (of); aversion (to)

to look at someone with distaste

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verb

(tr) an archaic word for dislike

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Related Words

See dislike.

Etymology

Origin of distaste

First recorded in 1580–90; dis- ¹ + taste

Explanation

When you're disgusted by something, or simply dislike it, you have a distaste for it. You might have such a distaste for the smell of meat cooking that you only go to vegetarian restaurants. Some people have a distaste for living in the suburbs, while others feel distaste at the thought of living packed into a large city with millions of other people. You might have a distaste for the sport of boxing, while your boxing-loving cousin's distaste is for ice dancing and synchronized swimming. When something's just not your taste — you don't care for it — you can say you have a distaste for it.

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Amaya Espinal, the winner of season 7 who was nicknamed "Amaya Papaya", expressed her distaste at the AI fruit re-creation of the show she starred in just last year.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

McQuarrie adds that he has a “growing distaste for nominal” — in other words, regular non-inflation-adjusted — “bonds in a fiat-currency world. I no longer own any.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

After getting past my distaste for the genre, I understood why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Warsh’s distaste for overconfidence in models and technocratic expertise has also held throughout his career.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Underlying his actions may have been bureau researchers’ distaste for “relic hunters” like Abbott, whom they viewed as publicity-seeking quacks.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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