distaste
noun/dɪsˈteɪst/
/dɪsˈteɪst/
[uncountable, singular]- a feeling that somebody/something is unpleasant or offensive
- in/with distaste He looked around the filthy room in distaste.
- distaste (for somebody/something) a distaste for politics of any sort
- distaste at (doing) something She couldn't hide her distaste at having to sleep in such squalid conditions.
Extra Examples- She wrinkled her nose in mock distaste.
- He regarded the child with evident distaste.
- Jim looked with distaste at the cockroach in his soup.
- They are country people with a general distaste for all things urban.
- He couldn't hide the deep distaste that he felt for many of their customs.
- She felt a distaste for anything to do with bodily functions.
- Joe had a profound distaste for violence.
- She was trying not to show her distaste.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- extreme
- great
- …
- feel
- have
- express
- …
- in distaste
- with distaste
- distaste at
- …
- an expression of distaste
- a look of distaste
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + taste, on the pattern of early modern French desgout, Italian disgusto. Compare with disgust.Definitions on the go
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