distaste
[dis-teyst]
- dislike; disinclination.
- dislike for food or drink.
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- Archaic. to dislike.
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Origin of distaste
Synonyms
See more synonyms for distaste on Thesaurus.com1. aversion, repugnance, disgust.
Synonym study
1. See dislike.
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Contemporary Examples
We also have a language filled with distaste for the civilian “others.”
Perhaps ascribing a distaste for the Oscar winner and soon-to-be Interstellar star is an overstatement.
His distaste derives from a basic confusion in the position of the puritanical prescriptivist.
Colbert and Lampkin are not alone in their distaste for the online behemoth.
Simon has previously spoken about the latter of the two focuses––specifically, his distaste for it.
Historical Examples
Sigmund shrunk a little away from his uncle, not timidly, but with some distaste.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
Lydia asked scornfully, with a distaste she didn't propose to lessen.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
"I'm going to ask you a question," said Jeffrey shortly, in his distaste for asking it at all.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
She was quite conscious of his distaste, but it didn't trouble her.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
Young Powell asked himself with some distaste what was the meaning of these utterances.
ChanceJoseph Conrad
distaste
- (often foll by for) an absence of pleasure (in); dislike (of); aversion (to)to look at someone with distaste
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- (tr) an archaic word for dislike
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Word Origin and History for distaste
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