Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distaste

/(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: dis-taste
IPA: /(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.

Uncountable

noun

Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Discomfort; uneasiness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

Uncountable

verb

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To be distasteful; to taste bad

Intransitive verb

verb

To offend; to disgust; to displease.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes"
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes."
"On the part of Heav'n / Now alienated, diſtance and diſtaste,"
"How may I auoyde / (Although my will diſtaſte what it elected) / The Wife I choſe, there can be no euaſion / To blench from this, and to ſtand firme by honour."
"Plato made it a great ſigne of an intemperate and corrupt common-wealth, where Lawyers and Phyſitians did abound, and the Romanes diſtaſted them ſo much, that they were often baniſhed out of theire city, as Pliny and Celſus relate, for 600 yeares not admitted."
"Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons. / Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, […]"

Etymology

From dis- + taste.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/

Usage

Inflected Forms

distastes (plural) distastes (present, singular) distasting (participle, present) distasted (participle, past) distasted (past)

Derived Forms

distasteful

Synonyms

antipathy aversion

Rhymes With

based placed waste taste replaced faced waist paste traced displaced embraced chased

Questions

How do you pronounce distaste?: The recorded pronunciation is /(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/.
What does distaste mean?: A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
Where does distaste come from?: From dis- + taste.

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