Definition of distaste in US English: distaste
noun Mild dislike or aversion.
‘Harry nurtured a distaste for all things athletic’
‘his mouth twisted with distaste’
More example sentences
‘All those years of building left me with a permanent distaste for home renovations.’ ‘He has never in his life before done night work and has a strong distaste for it.’ ‘Graham, you are not the first to suggest my opinion stemmed from a distaste of boxing.’ ‘Such literatures often reveal an authorial distaste for the social types involved.’ ‘You have expressed a distaste for spiders yourself, and even the intrepid Coraline had a thing about them.’ ‘Jocelyn laughed and gave Red a hug, much to the distaste of the rest of the room and Dominic.’ ‘If the view was bleak it was also of its time and being recognised as such only added to the general distaste which greeted the film.’ ‘Not liking the people you went to high school with is not peculiar, nor is a distaste for crowds.’ ‘Like many Scots youngsters, she has developed a distaste for porridge and Brussel sprouts.’ ‘There was some mild distaste in his tone, which told me what he thought of the partygoers.’ ‘Nothing of the film remains with the viewer except the vague distaste it generates.’ ‘A distaste for meddling in free trade in art remains strong, as does our desire for visual contact with an original.’ ‘The distaste was tangible across his face and he shuddered perceptibly.’ ‘He also displayed a distaste or lack of appreciation for the scientific method.’ ‘As much as anything, that often seemed to be the result of a distaste for bland British and American rock music.’ ‘It spilled over into a distaste for everything socially coded as male, from meat-eating to contact sports.’ ‘That is an extreme distaste for the patenting system as it is applied throughout the world.’ ‘The shock of the new was superseded by a spiteful distaste for the prematurely aged.’ ‘Many view nursing homes with the same distaste as prisons and vow to avoid them at all costs.’ ‘By this time, I am a confirmed aesthete with a pronounced distaste for the great outdoors.’ Origin Late 16th century: from dis- (expressing reversal) + taste, on the pattern of early modern French desgout, Italian disgusto. Compare with disgust.
Pronunciation distaste /disˈtāst/ /dɪsˈteɪst/