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Definition of Disrelish
1. n. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.
2. v. t. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at.
Definition of Disrelish
1. Noun. A lack of relish: distaste ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To have no taste for; to reject as distasteful. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disrelish
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disrelish
Literary usage of Disrelish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... self alone— False pretensions to genius common—Labour cannot supply want of
genius — disrelish of forced productions — Obscurity of farfetched thoughts, ..."
2. Our Recent Actors: Being Recollections Critical, And, in Many Instances by Westland Marston (1888)
"... return—Plays Manfred at the Princess's—Appears at Drury Lane— Over-convivial
habits—Aristocratic friends—Apparent disrelish of their society—Oddities of ..."
3. Mahometanism Unveiled: An Inquiry in which that Arch-heresy, Its Diffusion by Charles Forster (1829)
"The reader may not disrelish the insertion of one or two illustrations of equal
beauty, in the same strain: — As to the unbelievers, their works are like a ..."
4. Six Sermons on the Causes and Consequences of the Neglect of Public Worship by Robert Shirley Bunbury (1839)
"Oh ! remember, dear brethren, that if a disrelish for spiritual things has
disqualified you for performing the duties and enjoying the privileges of the ..."
5. New England Medical Monthly (1891)
"I find it so acceptable to patients who have a disrelish for solid foods; it
bridges them over, giving them strength, so that soon their stomachs are able ..."
6. Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary by James Curtis Hepburn (1881)
"... tv To dislike ; to regard with aversion, disrelish, or disgust ; to hate,
abhor, abominate, ... disrelish ..."
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