English
Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪs�teɪst/, SAMPA|/dIs"teIst/, enPR|dĭs-t�stʹ
rhymes|eɪst

Noun
en-noun|-

1. a feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy

Derived terms
distasteful

Verb
en-verb|distast|ed

1. transitive to dislike

#*1602, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:Troilus and Cressida|Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 2.
#*: Although my will distaste what it elected

1. intransitive to be distasteful; to taste bad

#*RQ:Shakespeare Othello, Act III, Scene 3.
#*: Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons. / Which at the first are scarce found to distaste,

References
R:Webster 1913

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