distaste
Use Distaste in a sentence
noun
1.
dislike; disinclination.
2.
dislike for food or drink.
verb (used with object)
3.
Archaic. to dislike.
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| —n | |
| 1. | ( |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) an archaic word for dislike |
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Distaste
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is hornswoggle. Does it mean:
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
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Example sentences
Americans have always viewed traditional alliances with some distaste.
They have the taste for toil, a distaste for pleasure or repose, and the telescopic appreciation of distant gain.
Given the prize committee's distaste for success, that means he'll probably never get one.
He, a government interrogator in some unidentified police state, exudes distaste and wears white suspenders.
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