DISTASTE, noun [dis and taste.] 1. Aversion of the taste; dislike of food or drink; disrelish; disgust, or a slight degree of it. distaste for a particular kind of food may be constitutional, or the effect of a diseased stomach. 2. Dislike; uneasiness. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comfort and hopes. 3. Dislike; displeasure; alienation of affection. DISTASTE, verb transitive 1. To disrelish; to dislike; to lothe; as, to distaste drugs or poisons. 2. To offend; to disgust. He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish, but sought to please them. 3. To vex; to displease; to sour. [The two latter significations are rare.]
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