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Definition of Distaste

1. Noun. A feeling of intense dislike.

Definition of Distaste

1. n. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.

2. v. t. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.

3. v. i. To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable.

Definition of Distaste

1. Noun. a feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To dislike. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) to be distasteful; to taste bad ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distaste

1. to dislike [v -TASTED, -TASTING, -TASTES] - See also: dislike

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distaste

Literary usage of Distaste

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine (1909)
"... from his seventeenth to his nineteenth year. Source of his disorders. Love of shows. Advance in studies, and love of wisdom. distaste for Scripture. ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... from bis seventeenth to his nineteenth year. Source of his disorders. Love of shows. Advance in studies, and love of wisdom. distaste for Scripture. ..."

3. Consumption: its early and remediable stages by William Ramsay Smith, South Australia Dept. of Public Health (1862)
"We also instituted another special inquiry into the prevalence of a distaste for the various kinds of fat, and of meat and milk, and now proceed to quote ..."

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