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a
archaic:dislike of food or drink
b
:aversion,disinclination
adistaste for opera
2
obsolete:annoyance,discomfort
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Examples ofdistaste in a Sentence
Noun “I see you still smoke,” she said withdistaste. usually views abstract paintings withdistaste
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Zoë Lescaze,New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025The data appears to undermine the conventional wisdom that Britishdistastefor Meghan dominates the backlash against her and points to a new era in which strong opinions exist on both sides of the Atlantic.—William Lambers,Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025Jeff Vorva,Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025The New York Mets'distastefor the Philadelphia Phillies has made for one of the better rivalries in baseball over the years, particularly now that the two teams are regularly in playoff position in the National League East.—Russel Honoré,Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025See All Example Sentences fordistaste
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Verb
Image Figurative sculpture filled galleries again during the 1980s and ’90s, when the AIDS crisis transformed certain bodies into objects of fear anddistaste.—Zoë Lescaze,New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025The data appears to undermine the conventional wisdom that Britishdistastefor Meghan dominates the backlash against her and points to a new era in which strong opinions exist on both sides of the Atlantic.—William Lambers,Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025Noun
John remembered that one with the samedistasteas Brother Rice’s 55-52 double overtime loss to DePaul Prep.—Jeff Vorva,Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025The New York Mets'distastefor the Philadelphia Phillies has made for one of the better rivalries in baseball over the years, particularly now that the two teams are regularly in playoff position in the National League East.—Russel Honoré,Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025See All Example Sentences fordistasteWord History
First Known Use
Verb
1592, in the meaning defined attransitive sense 1
Noun
1584, in the meaning defined atsense 1a
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“Distaste.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distaste. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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distaste
noundis·taste
(ˈ)dis-ˈtāst
:a strong dislike:aversion
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