'Distaste' definitions:
Definition of 'distaste'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Distaste'
From: GCIDE
- Distaste \Dis*taste"\, n.
- 1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Discomfort; uneasiness. [1913 Webster]
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. [1913 Webster]
- On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. --Milton.
- Syn: Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Distaste'
From: GCIDE
- Distaste \Dis*taste"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.]
- 1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. [1913 Webster]
- Although my will distaste what it elected. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Distaste'
From: GCIDE
- Distaste \Dis*taste"\, v. i. To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distaste'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrence,
- antipathy,
- averseness,
- aversion,
- backwardness,
- bad books,
- ban,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- complaint,
- cursoriness,
- dim view,
- disaffection,
- disaffinity,
- disagreement,
- disappointment,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgruntlement,
- disgust,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- disinclination,
- dislike,
- disliking,
- disobedience,
- displeasure,
- disrelish,
- disrespect,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissent,
- exclusion,
- foot-dragging,
- fractiousness,
- grudging consent,
- grudgingness,
- horror,
- hostility,
- indignation,
- indisposedness,
- indisposition,
- indocility,
- intractableness,
- lack of enthusiasm,
- lack of zeal,
- loathing,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- mutinousness,
- nausea,
- nolition,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- ostracism,
- perfunctoriness,
- protest,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- reluctance,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- revulsion,
- slowness,
- stubbornness,
- sulk,
- sulkiness,
- sulks,
- sullenness,
- thumbs-down,
- unenthusiasm,
- unhappiness,
- unwillingness