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Meanings of distaste in English

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Strong feeling of dislike or hostility.

Portuguese
aversão
Catalan
repugnància

A feeling of intense dislike.

aversão
Usage of distaste in English
1
Personal distaste, needless to say, bears no necessary relationship to scientific validity.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
2
Trump repeatedly has made clear his distaste for dialogue with North Korea.
Reuters
3
Then, with an expression of distaste, she asked, Is it absolutely necessary?
A Stir of Echoes
4
Annabeth gave him a look of distaste that I didn't quite understand.
The Sea of Monsters
5
Reverence for the natural carries with it a distaste for the unnatural.
Civics and Health
6
There was a trace of distaste in the way he said it.
Living dead in dallas
7
But I felt ashamed of my distaste of him; it seemed heartless.
The Blood Ship
8
Dixon felt a slight twinge of distaste he couldn't quite account for.
Lucky Jim
9
I think he cares for her.' This last was said with distaste.
Gladiatrix
10
Eloisà answered in a tone which showed her distaste of the subject.
The Royal Pawn of Venice / A Romance of Cyprus
11
He must have registered distaste in saying this, because she smiled wryly.
What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
12
She gave a shudder of distaste and sank back in her chair.
Betty Trevor
13
Both sides eyed the other with distaste and an eagerness to fight.
Mech
14
Suddenly his need for liquor almost overcame his distaste for Matsui's hospitality.
Bundori
15
She had a healthy distaste for illness either in theory or practice.
The Hippodrome
16
The young man pointed at the bag with every evidence of distaste.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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