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Definition of "distaste" []

  • Dislike or aversion. (noun)
  • Archaic To feel repugnance for; dislike. (verb-transitive)
  • Archaic To offend; displease. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "distaste" in a sentence
  • "But your personal distaste is not a legitimate basis for unjust laws."
  • "His distaste is evident, but so is a kind of excitement."
  • "Perhaps his distaste is not about the amount of metaphysical pondering now verse then, but rather its alignment with his personal metaphysics."