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dis·taste
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dɪsˈteɪst
/
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dis-
teyst
]
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noun,
verb,
dis·tast·ed,
dis·tast·ing.
noun
1.
dislike; disinclination.
2.
dislike for food or drink.
verb (used with object)
3.
Archaic.
to dislike.
Origin:
1580–90;
dis-
1
+
taste
Synonyms
1.
aversion, repugnance, disgust. See
dislike
.
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distaste
(dɪsˈteɪst)
—
n
1.
(
often foll by
for
) an absence of pleasure (in); dislike (of); aversion (to):
to look at someone with distaste
—
vb
2.
(
tr
) an archaic word for
dislike
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
distaste
1590s, from
dis-
+
taste
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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.
In that
distaste
lurked no small hint of preciousness.
Our own reader poll indicates a general
distaste
for the celebrations, and that is understandable.
With extra copies of the protein at hand, the rats were more likely to remember their
distaste
for sweetener.
But few non-bigots thought that their personal
distaste
warranted limiting the freedom of others.
They expressed
distaste
in e-mails that became explosively public on the eve of the trials.
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