Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disrelish

/dɪsˈɹɛlɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-rel-ish
IPA: /dɪsˈɹɛlɪʃ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lack of relish: distaste

Uncountable

noun

Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness.

Uncountable

verb

To have no taste for; to reject as distasteful.

Transitive verb

verb

To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Bread or tobacco may be neglected where they are shown to be useful to health, because of an indifferency or disrelish to them; reason and consideration at first recommends, and begins their trial, and use finds, or custom makes them pleasant."
"The only reason he did not rise in the Church, we are told, was the envy of others, and a disrelish entertained of him"
"The residents live principally upon this most delicious fish which fortunately can be eaten a long time without disrelish."
"Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty."
"[…] that those eyes may glow With wooing light upon me, ere the Morn Peers with disrelish, grey, barren, and cold."
""I have no other malice against the race, Signore, than the wholesome disrelish of a Christian."

Etymology

From dis- + relish.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪsˈɹɛlɪʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

disrelishes (present, singular) disrelishing (participle, present) disrelished (participle, past) disrelished (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce disrelish?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈɹɛlɪʃ/.
What does disrelish mean?: A lack of relish: distaste
Where does disrelish come from?: From dis- + relish.

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