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distaste
English
Etymology
dis- +? taste
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-t?st?, IPA(key): /d?s?te?st/
- Rhymes: -e?st
Noun
distaste (usually uncountable, plural distastes)
- A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
- (obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- (obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
Derived terms
- distasteful
Translations
Verb
distaste (third-person singular simple present distastes, present participle distasting, simple past and past participle distasted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
- (intransitive) to be distasteful; to taste bad
- (obsolete, transitive) To offend; to disgust; to displease.
- 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them.
- 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
References
- distaste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- staidest
Italian
Verb
distaste
- second-person plural past historic of distare
- second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of distare
Anagrams
- destasti
- dettassi
Portuguese
Verb
distaste
- second-person singular (tu) preterite indicative of distar
Spanish
Verb
distaste
- Informal second-person singular (tú) preterite indicative form of distar.
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squicky
English
Etymology
squick +? -y
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?skw?k.i/
- Rhymes: -?ki
Adjective
squicky (comparative squickier, superlative squickiest)
- (slang) Engendering a feeling of disgust, distaste, nausea or revulsion, but without a judgment regarding the rightness or wrongness of the stimulus.
- She offered to show me the injury, but I find blood rather squicky.
Related terms
- squick
Translations
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