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distaste Definition

dis·taste (dis tāst, distāst′)

noun

dislike or aversion (for)

transitive verb -·tasted, -·tast·ing

  1. to have a distaste for; dislike
  2. to displease, offend

intransitive verb

Obsolete to be distasteful

distaste Synonyms

distaste

n.

distaste Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • express: The majority have wished they had learned mediator skills earlier, and many expressed a distaste for the overly adversarial system they work in.
  • show: Opinion polls over many years have shown a persistent public distaste for giving up the pound in favor of the euro.
  • develop: Personally, from an early age I developed a distaste for many multiple shop groups.
  • have: I have a little distaste for them based on how much TV I did.
  • feel: It is worrying and one feels considerable distaste for your behavior.
  • reflect: Our protest reflects mainstream distaste at a long military occupation.

Preposition: for

  • war: Despite his strong distaste for war, Lincoln was not afraid to wage total war to achieve total victory.
  • idea: After seeing these, Ned Land exhibited an obvious distaste for the idea of putting one on.
  • politics: Hello Eddie I find your distaste for politics and political activism a bit strange.
  • anything: The press also took the moral high ground and showed distaste for anything as vulgar as a League.
  • democracy: China has a marked distaste for democracy, human rights, freedom of movement and international free trade treaties.
  • people: Shauny wrote about her distaste for people who lea.. .

Adjective modifier

  • obvious: Which is interesting, given Radiohead's obvious distaste for the US president.
  • deep: Natural Hierarchies of Sustainability Level 6 has a deep distaste for hierarchies [ which is what the levels are ] .
  • strong: Despite his strong distaste for war, Lincoln was not afraid to wage total war to achieve total victory.
  • general: Boris Ford, Baltimore, 1961 ), writes that the novel leaves the impression of a " general unselective distaste.
  • public: Opinion polls over many years have shown a persistent public distaste for giving up the pound in favor of the euro.
  • profound: What does Scout think caused her father's ' profound distaste ' for the practice of criminal law?