distaste

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1. 1.Discomfort; uneasiness. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.
2. 2.Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.
3. 3.Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. Although my will distaste what it elected. Shak.
4. 4.To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.] He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Sir J. Davies.
5. 5.To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton.
6. 6.To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.] Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is discomfort; uneasiness. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon called?
• What is alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton called?
• What is not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. Although my will distaste what it elected. Shak called?
• What is to offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.] He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Sir J. Davies called?
• What is to deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton called?
• What is to be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.] Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste. Shak called?