Distaste

Definition of Distaste

Dis`taste´

n.	1.	Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
	2.	Discomfort; uneasiness. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. - Bacon.
	3.	Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. - Milton.
v. t.	1.	Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.] Although my will distaste what it elected. - Shak.
	2.	To offend; to disgust; to displease. He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. - Sir J. Davies.
	3.	To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
v. i.	1.	To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste. - Shak.

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