different between distaste vs repugnance
distaste
English
Etymology
dis- +? taste
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-t?st?, IPA(key): /d?s?te?st/
- Rhymes: -e?st
Noun
distaste (usually uncountable, plural distastes)
- A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
- (obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- (obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
- Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
Derived terms
- distasteful
Translations
Verb
distaste (third-person singular simple present distastes, present participle distasting, simple past and past participle distasted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
- (intransitive) to be distasteful; to taste bad
- (obsolete, transitive) To offend; to disgust; to displease.
- 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them.
- 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
References
- distaste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- staidest
Italian
Verb
distaste
- second-person plural past historic of distare
- second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of distare
Anagrams
- destasti
- dettassi
Portuguese
Verb
distaste
- second-person singular (tu) preterite indicative of distar
Spanish
Verb
distaste
- Informal second-person singular (tú) preterite indicative form of distar.
distaste From the web:
- distaste meaning
- distaste what does it mean
- what does distaste
- disaster management
- what do distasteful mean
- what does distasteful mean
- what does distasteful mean synonym
- what does distaste mean in english
repugnance
English
Etymology
From Old French repugnance (French répugnance).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p??n?ns/
Noun
repugnance (countable and uncountable, plural repugnances)
- Extreme aversion, repulsion.
- Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
- Discourses vain, inconsistant, and full of repugnances and contradictions.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
See also
- repugnancy
repugnance From the web:
- repugnance meaning
- what does repugnant mean
- what does repugnance
- what does repugnance mean in spanish
- what do repugnance
- what does repugnancy mean in law
- what does repugnance mean example
- what does repugnance mean dictionary
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- distaste vs repugnance
- antic vs game
- difficult vs clumsy
- convexity vs swell
- puzzling vs unlikely
- flinty vs hard
- clouded vs misty
- obscene vs bald
- predominant vs peerless
- smutty vs salacious
- feverish vs inflamed
- coloration vs pigment
- sprint vs scurry
- garments vs livery
- grasp vs charge
- suspect vs unreliable
- patronising vs arrogant
- affright vs worry
- genial vs warm
- heavy vs forced