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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distaste \Dis*taste"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distasted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Distasting}.]
   1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe;
      to dislike.

            Although my will distaste what it elected. --Shak.

   2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.]

            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. --Drayton.

Distaste \Dis*taste"\, v. i.
   To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.]

         Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons,
         Which at the are scarce found to distaste. --Shak.

Distaste \Dis*taste"\, n.
   1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink;
      disrelish. --Bacon.

   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.

   Syn: Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion;
        displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.

Source : WordNet®

distaste
     n : a feeling of intense dislike [syn: {antipathy}, {aversion}]
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