Standard Lemma guide

distaste

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/
  • General-American, sometimes: /ˈdɪs(ˌ)teɪst/ in sentences
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪst
  • rhymes with -ɪsteɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T EY1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Discomfort; uneasiness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To dislike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To be distasteful; to taste bad

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To offend; to disgust; to displease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a feeling of intense dislike

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antipathy, aversion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dislike

History

Etymology

From dis- + taste.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отвраще́ние (otvrašténie) — feeling of dislike
  • Bulgarian: неприя́зън (neprijázǎn) — feeling of dislike
  • Bulgarian: антипа́тия (antipátija) — feeling of dislike
  • Esperanto: malŝato — feeling of dislike
  • Irish: déistin — feeling of dislike
  • Irish: snamh — feeling of dislike
  • Italian: antipatia — feeling of dislike
  • Italian: avversione — feeling of dislike
  • Italian: disgusto — feeling of dislike
  • Malayalam: നീരസം (nīrasaṁ) — feeling of dislike
  • Malayalam: അനിഷ്ടം (aniṣṭaṁ) — feeling of dislike
  • Māori: aniwatanga — feeling of dislike
  • Portuguese: aversão — feeling of dislike
  • Swedish: avsmak — feeling of dislike
  • Bulgarian: погну́са (pognúsa) — disrelish
  • Bulgarian: отвраще́ние (otvrašténie) — disrelish
  • Bulgarian: неразположе́ние (nerazpoložénie) — discomfort, uneasiness
  • Bulgarian: озлобле́ние (ozloblénie) — displeasure, anger
  • Bulgarian: отвратя́ се+ от — to dislike
  • Bulgarian: отвраща́вам (otvraštávam) — to offend, to disgust, to displease
  • Bulgarian: отвратя́ (otvratjá) — to offend, to disgust, to displease
  • Bulgarian: погнуся́вам (pognusjávam) — to offend, to disgust, to displease
  • Bulgarian: погнуся́ (pognusjá) — to offend, to disgust, to displease
  • Bulgarian: гнуся́ (gnusjá) — to offend, to disgust, to displease
  • Bulgarian: гнуся́ (gnusjá) — to deprive of taste or relish