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View usage for: (dɪsteɪst) uncountable nounIf you feel distaste for someone or something, you dislike them and consider them to be unpleasant, disgusting, or immoral. Roger looked at her with distaste. He professed a distaste for everything related to money. Synonyms: dislike, horror, disgust, loathing More Synonyms of distaste distaste in British English (dɪsˈteɪst) noun1. (often foll by for) an absence of pleasure (in); dislike (of); aversion (to) to look at someone with distaste verb2. (transitive) an archaic word for dislike distaste in American English (dɪsˈteɪst; ˈdɪsˌteɪst) noun1. dislike or aversion (for) verb transitiveWord forms: disˈtasted or disˈtasting Archaic2. to have a distaste for; dislike verb intransitive4. Obsolete to be distasteful Examples of 'distaste' in a sentencedistaste He was defending his boss's publicly expressed distaste for broccoli.Setting aside questions of personal distaste, this reaction was both extreme and wrong.Was it a growing distaste for her task, or actual physical disability?He was finding "a steadily growing distaste for political life '.I began to feel an extreme distaste for him.Many of us choose to let our distaste for discussing money win out; we keep our feelings inside.I feel the same distaste this week as we see two striking examples of this kind of dishonesty.Couldn't they at least wait until we were safely home before expressing their distaste for what we were doing?Decent charities, aware of public distaste for such methods, have abandoned them. In other languagesdistaste British English: distaste NOUN If you feel distaste for someone or something, you dislike them and consider them to be unpleasant, disgusting, or immoral. He looked at her with distaste. - American English: distaste
- Brazilian Portuguese: repugnância
- Chinese: 厌恶
- European Spanish: repugnancia
- French: dégoût
- German: Widerwille
- Italian: ripugnanza
- Japanese: 嫌悪
- Korean: 혐오감
- European Portuguese: repugnância
- Latin American Spanish: repugnancia
Definition a dislike of something offensive He looked at her with distaste. Additional synonymsThey are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism. Synonyms hatred, hate, horror, disgust, loathing, distaste, animosity, aversion, revulsion, antipathy, enmity, abomination, repugnance, odium (formal), detestation, execrationDefinition a feeling of strong dislike or hostility She'd often spoken of her antipathy towards London. Synonyms hostility, opposition, disgust, dislike, hatred, loathing, distaste, animosity, aversion, antagonism, enmity, rancour, bad blood, incompatibility, ill will, animus, repulsion, abhorrence, repugnance, odium (formal), contrariety Definition extreme dislike or disinclination Many people have an aversion to insects. Synonyms hatred, hate, horror, disgust, hostility, opposition, dislike, reluctance, loathing, distaste, animosity, revulsion, antipathy, repulsion, abhorrence, disinclination, repugnance, odium (formal), detestation, indisposition, unwillingness |