Antonyms for palate

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pal-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæl ɪt

Definition of palate

Origin : late 14c., "roof of the mouth," from Old French palat and directly from Latin palatum "roof of the mouth," perhaps of Etruscan origin [Klein]. Popularly considered the seat of taste, hence transferred meaning "sense of taste" (late 14c.), which also was in classical Latin. Related: Palatal; palatalize.

noun aesthetic taste

Example sentences :

Here is a salad that would have intrigued the palate of Lucullus, himself.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

Woefully had the massacre of the saints failed to please the palate of the populace.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

The fruit of Croton is a feast both to the eye and to the palate.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

I have lost all palate for Bordeaux since I came to Mr. Cashel.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

I actually revelled in everything that can charm the palate or the nose of a rat!
Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.

Then Harry clucked his tongue against his palate to coax him to go.
Extract from : « The Big Nightcap Letters » by Frances Elizabeth Barrow

Thus the taste of innocent adventure may be made bitter to the palate.
Extract from : « Some Reminiscences » by Joseph Conrad

Fat of the fat, sweet of the sweet is Bilsby to Bilsby's palate.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

Bears were fatter and better to the palate than the most "savory" pigs in France.
Extract from : « The Country of the Neutrals » by James H. Coyne

Synonyms for palate

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