Sekirov Dictionary

distaste

/(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/

noun 4
verb 4
forms 3

noun4

A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
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Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
- On the part of Heav'n / Now alienated, distance and distaste, — 1667
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(no longer used) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes — 1625
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(no longer used) Discomfort; uneasiness.
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — 1625

verb4

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To be distasteful; to taste bad
- Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons. / Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, […] — 1603
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(no longer used) To dislike.
- How may I auoyde / (Although my will distaste what it elected) / The Wife I chose, there can be no euasion / To blench from this, and to stand firme by honour. — 1602
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(no longer used) To offend; to disgust; to displease.
- He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. — 1612
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(no longer used) To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
- And vvhat auayl'd his Ansvver in that Case? / VVhich the time then did vtterly distaste, / And look'd vpon him vvith so sterne a Face, / As it his Actions vtterly disgrac'd: […] — 1630

forms

distasted · distasting · distastes

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