Antonyms for distaste


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-teyst
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈteɪst


Definition of distaste

Origin :
  • 1590s, from dis- + taste.
  • noun dislike, hate
Example sentences :
  • Sigmund shrunk a little away from his uncle, not timidly, but with some distaste.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Lydia asked scornfully, with a distaste she didn't propose to lessen.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • "I'm going to ask you a question," said Jeffrey shortly, in his distaste for asking it at all.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • She was quite conscious of his distaste, but it didn't trouble her.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Young Powell asked himself with some distaste what was the meaning of these utterances.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • It pleased everybody but Reuben, who had conceived a distaste for him from the first.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
  • From all such adventurings he came away with a sense of distaste.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • Weaver winced with distaste when he read this last, and was about to write, "This must stop."
  • Extract from : « The Worshippers » by Damon Francis Knight
  • He turned away from her with a look of distaste, almost of disgust.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • The fact was that Carlotta's death had deepened my mood of distaste into disgust.
  • Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips

Synonyms for distaste

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