Dictionary entry

Distaste

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.