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distaste noun [ dɪsˈteɪst ]

• mild dislike or aversion.
• "Harry nurtured a distaste for all things athletic"
Similar: dislike, disfavour, disdain, repugnance, disgust, revulsion, contempt, antipathy, odium, hatred, loathing, detestation, execration, abomination, horror, disinclination towards, aversion to, disapproval of, disapprobation of, displeasure with, dissatisfaction with, discontent with, disrelish, repellence, repellency,
Opposite: liking,
Origin: late 16th century: from dis- (expressing reversal) + taste, on the pattern of early modern French desgout, Italian disgusto . Compare with disgust.


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