1
a
archaic
: dislike of food or drink
b
: aversion, disinclination
a distaste for opera
2
obsolete
: annoyance, discomfort
Examples of distaste in a Sentence
Noun
“I see you still smoke,” she said with distaste.
usually views abstract paintings with distaste
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Americans’ distaste for the prevailing grand strategy should come as no surprise, given its abysmal record over the past quarter century.
—John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016
Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2025
One wonders why Garland and co-director Ray Mendoza have made the film at all when there seems to be not simply an ignorance of the period in question but an active distaste for realizing its real-life consequences.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Co-owner John Mara’s desperate desire for stability, willingness to accept a 3-14 season and distaste for paying two regimes at once all will factor into that assessment at the end of the upcoming 2025 season.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Americans’ distaste for the prevailing grand strategy should come as no surprise, given its abysmal record over the past quarter century.
—John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016
Noun
There seems to be a widespread distaste among philanthropies for grantees developing dependence on their support.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2025
One wonders why Garland and co-director Ray Mendoza have made the film at all when there seems to be not simply an ignorance of the period in question but an active distaste for realizing its real-life consequences.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Distaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distaste. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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