DISTASTE, n. [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, v.t. 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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