Definitions for distaste
dɪsˈteɪstdis·taste

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. antipathy, aversion, distastenoun

   a feeling of intense dislike

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distastenoun

   a feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy

2. distasteverb

   To dislike.

3. distasteverb

   to be distasteful; to taste bad

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distastenoun

   Etymology: dis and taste.

   1. Aversion of the palate; disrelish; disgust.

   He gives the reason of the distaste of satiety, and of the pleasure in novelty in meats and drinks. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   2. Dislike; uneasiness.

   Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   3. Anger; alienation of affection.

   Julius Cæsar was by acclamation termed king, to try how the people would take it: the people shewed great murmur and distaste at it. Francis Bacon, Apophth. 221.

   The king having tasted of the envy of the people, for his imprisonment of Edward Plantagenet, was doubtful to heap up any more distastes of that kind by the imprisonment of De la Pole also. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   On the part of heaven,
   Now alienated, distance, and distaste,
   And just rebuke. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   With stern distaste avow’d,
   To their own districts drive the suitor crowd. Alexander Pope, Odyss.

2. To Distasteverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To fill the mouth with nauseousness, or disrelish.

   Dang’rous conceits are in their nature poisons,
   Which at first are scarce found to distaste;
   But with a little act upon the blood,
   Burn like the mines of sulphur. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   2. To dislike; to loath.

   I’d have it come to question;
   If he distaste it, let him to my sister. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   3. To offend; to disgust.

   He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Davies.

   4. To vex; to exasperate; to sour.

   The whistling of the winds is better musick to contented minds, than the opera to the spleenful, ambitious, diseased, distasted, and distracted souls. Alexander Pope.

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1. distaste

   Distaste is a feeling of dislike, aversion or disproval towards something or someone. It is usually associated with something unpleasant, unappealing, or offensive to one's personal preference or sensibilities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distastenoun

   aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish

2. Distastenoun

   discomfort; uneasiness

3. Distastenoun

   alienation of affection; displeasure; anger

4. Distasteverb

   not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike

5. Distasteverb

   to offend; to disgust; to displease

6. Distasteverb

   to deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful

7. Distasteverb

   to be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distaste

   dis-tāst′, n. oppositeness or aversion of taste: dislike of food: dislike: disgust.—v.t. (arch.) to dislike: (obs.) to offend: (Shak.) to spoil the taste of.—v.i. (Shak.) to be distasteful.—adj. Distaste′ful, nauseous to the taste: unpleasant: (Shak.) indicating distaste.—adv. Distaste′fully.—n. Distaste′fulness.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of distaste in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of distaste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of distaste in a Sentence

1. Anonymous:

   Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.

2. Sun Tzu:

   If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

3. Cate Blanchett:

   They're very devoted to one another, they traveled to war zones together, they've been in hurricanes together, they've been in newsrooms together and I think they have shared distaste for hypocrisy and bullies.

4. Arnold Bennett:

   Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

5. Senator Aitzaz Ahsan:

   I have a visceral distaste for military courts, but the safeguards provided and the state of war we are in justifies it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=distaste
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Distaste
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=distaste
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distaste
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=distaste