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For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste for that is at odds with my feeling that art should aspire to do great things.
Shepard Fairey

Meaning of "distaste" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISTASTE

distaste  [dɪsˈteɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTASTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Distaste is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb distaste in English.

WHAT DOES DISTASTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of distaste in the English dictionary

The definition of distaste in the dictionary is an absence of pleasure ; dislike ; aversion.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISTASTE

PRESENT

Present
I distaste
you distaste
he/she/it distastes
we distaste
you distaste
they distaste
Present continuous
I am distasting
you are distasting
he/she/it is distasting
we are distasting
you are distasting
they are distasting
Present perfect
I have distasted
you have distasted
he/she/it has distasted
we have distasted
you have distasted
they have distasted
Present perfect continuous
I have been distasting
you have been distasting
he/she/it has been distasting
we have been distasting
you have been distasting
they have been distasting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I distasted
you distasted
he/she/it distasted
we distasted
you distasted
they distasted
Past continuous
I was distasting
you were distasting
he/she/it was distasting
we were distasting
you were distasting
they were distasting
Past perfect
I had distasted
you had distasted
he/she/it had distasted
we had distasted
you had distasted
they had distasted
Past perfect continuous
I had been distasting
you had been distasting
he/she/it had been distasting
we had been distasting
you had been distasting
they had been distasting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will distaste
you will distaste
he/she/it will distaste
we will distaste
you will distaste
they will distaste
Future continuous
I will be distasting
you will be distasting
he/she/it will be distasting
we will be distasting
you will be distasting
they will be distasting
Future perfect
I will have distasted
you will have distasted
he/she/it will have distasted
we will have distasted
you will have distasted
they will have distasted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been distasting
you will have been distasting
he/she/it will have been distasting
we will have been distasting
you will have been distasting
they will have been distasting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would distaste
you would distaste
he/she/it would distaste
we would distaste
you would distaste
they would distaste
Conditional continuous
I would be distasting
you would be distasting
he/she/it would be distasting
we would be distasting
you would be distasting
they would be distasting
Conditional perfect
I would have distaste
you would have distaste
he/she/it would have distaste
we would have distaste
you would have distaste
they would have distaste
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been distasting
you would have been distasting
he/she/it would have been distasting
we would have been distasting
you would have been distasting
they would have been distasting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you distaste
we let´s distaste
you distaste
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to distaste
Past participle
distasted
Present Participle
distasting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISTASTE


aftertaste
ˈɑːftəˌteɪst
based
beɪst
baste
beɪst
broad-based
ˌbrɔːdˈbeɪst
disgraced
dɪsˈɡreɪst
displaced
dɪsˈpleɪst
foretaste
ˈfɔːˌteɪst
haste
heɪst
interlaced
ˌɪntəˈleɪst
knowledge-based
ˈnɒlɪdʒˌbeɪst
misplaced
ˌmɪsˈpleɪst
monospaced
ˈmɒnəʊˌspeɪst
paste
peɪst
pretaste
priːˈteɪst
retaste
ˌriːˈteɪst
spaced
speɪst
taste
teɪst
toothpaste
ˈtuːθˌpeɪst
waist
weɪst
waste
weɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISTASTE

distaff
distaff side
distain
distal
distally
distance
distance learning
distance modulus
distance race
distance runner
distance teaching
distant
distant early warning
distant early warning line
distantly
distasteful
distastefully
distastefulness
distelfink
distemper

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISTASTE

acquired taste
almond paste
caste
cineaste
copy and paste
cut and paste
fish paste
fluoride toothpaste
hazardous waste
industrial waste
intermediate-level waste
kitchen waste
lay waste
namaste
nuclear waste
out-waste
radioactive waste
subcaste
tomato paste
toxic waste

Synonyms and antonyms of distaste in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISTASTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «distaste» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of distaste

Translation of «distaste» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISTASTE

Find out the translation of distaste to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of distaste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «distaste» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厌恶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repugnancia
570 millions of speakers

English

distaste
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अरुचि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نفور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отвращение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repugnância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরবর্তী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dégoût
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jauh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Widerwille
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

嫌悪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혐오감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Distantly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không ưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூரத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूरवरुन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soğuk bir şekilde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripugnanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niechęć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відраза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezgust
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποστροφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afkeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avsmak
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avsmak
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of distaste

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTASTE»

The term «distaste» is regularly used and occupies the 65.222 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTASTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «distaste» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «distaste» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about distaste

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6 QUOTES WITH «DISTASTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word distaste.
1
Steve Albini
My father was an expert hunter, so we ate a lot of wild game when I was growing up in Montana. That helped broaden my palate generally, but I know it informed my distaste for factory farms and unspectacular commercial meat.
2
Harold Brodkey
Death and I are head to head in a total collision, pure and mutual distaste.
3
Terry Eagleton
The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of this Anglo-Saxon distaste for highbrows and eggheads was the French revolution, which was seen as an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of abstract rational principles.
4
Shepard Fairey
For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste for that is at odds with my feeling that art should aspire to do great things.
5
Karen Gillan
I know what it's like to be a model and go to castings where some people like what they see and others look at you with distaste.
6
David Harsanyi
My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general distaste for taxation and any policy that intruded on our lives.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTASTE»

Discover the use of distaste in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to distaste and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Psychophysiology of Distaste and Disgust: Testing a Taxonomy ...
Efforts to understand disgust are complicated by the wide variety of disgusting stimuli.
Hanah A. Chapman, 2007
2
English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
Distaste expresses more than dislike • and disgust more than distaste. Dislike is a partial feeling, quickly produced and quickly subsiding ; distaste is a settled feeling gradually produced, and permanent in its duration : disgust is either ...
George Crabb, 1846
3
English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
DISTASTE is the opposite to an agreeable taste. Dislike and dissatisfaction denote the feeling or sentiment produced either by persons or things : displeasure, that produced by persons only : distaste and disgust, that produced by things only.
George Crabb, 1818
4
Barron's how to Prepare for the AP ...
Show which curve shifts when foreigners suddenly develop a distaste for our products. What will happen to equilibrium output and the equilibrium price level in the short run? II. Would you expect the same thing to happen to equilibrium output ...
Frank Musgrave, Elia Kacapyr, 2001
5
Autonomy and Dependence in the Family: Turkey and Sweden in ...
The Principle of Pleasure and Distaste Feelings of pleasure and distaste were used as a kind of regulator for perceived imbalances in sharing domestic work. Domestic work and domesticity was to a large extent talked of as duty, something  ...
Rita Liljestrom, 2003
6
Food Preferences and Taste: Continuity and Change
The bitter taste is probably the prototype for eliciting this distaste response. This piece of mammalian biology may, itself, qualify as an emotion according to some definitions commonly used. It involves a specific set of functional behaviours: ...
Helen M. Macbeth, 1997
7
The Road to Disunion: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854: |
The essence of Conditional Termination had always been distastedistaste for the Peculiar Institution, distaste for most solutions, distaste for agitators who would crusade for or against the distasteful. Southern crusaders always had more ...
William W. Freehling, 1990
8
Israel yearbook on human rights. Vol. 29 (1999)
competent patient's rejection of life-sustaining medical intervention, the patient's distaste for a proposed treatment (including distaste for loss of cognitive function) would indeed be a legitimate basis on which to disqualify that life-sustaining ...
Dinstein, Yoram Dinstein, F. Domb, 2000
9
The Affect Theory Reader
Given the privileging of the ''higher'' senses (hearing and seeing, but also touch) in the history of Western thought it might seem that the very idea of ''taste'' to signify discernment is already flirting with distaste by invoking the ''lower'' senses  ...
Melissa Gregg, Gregory J. Seigworth, 2010
10
Summa Theologica, Volume 2 (Part II, First Section)
Further, distaste is incompatible with desire. But pleasure often causes distaste. Therefore it does not cause desire. On the contrary, Our Lord said (Jo. iv. 13): Whosoever drinketk of this water, shall thirst again: where, according to Augustine ...
St Thomas Aquinas, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTASTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term distaste is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rauner: Give me reform, I'll sign a tax hike for Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll set aside his distaste for tax increases and approve one if the Legislature approves his ... «fox2now.com, Jul 15»
2
A metrics-based REF: from sexennial pain to permanent headache
Some advocate this change out of aesthetic distaste at the messiness of the current system, others out of moral disdain for institutions claiming ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
3
Christopher Russell & Dylan Playfair Cast As Male Leads In …
When his landlord threatens to evict them, AJ invites Jane to live in their third room, unaware of her distaste for his brother. More charming than ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
4
Kristaps Porzingis Reveals Phil Jackson's Long-Term Vision to …
Rumors of his distaste for the Knicks taking Porzingis—as well as turning Tim Hardaway Jr. into rookie guard Jerian Grant—persisted right after ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
Ariana Grande 'loves America' after obesity jibe
As the controversy grew, the svelte 22-year-old said her remark came from her distaste for American overeating. "I am EXTREMELY proud to be ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
6
Muguruza learning fast on grass
One is known for her clay-court form and a distinct early distaste for competing on grass. The other is an aficionado of this surface, advancing to ... «Wimbledon, Jul 15»
7
How radical Left-wing US presidential candidates have fared
Henry Wallace served as Franklin Roosevelt's vice president during FDR's third term, much to the distaste of the conservative wing of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Melbourne neighbours demand replica of Michelangelo's David be …
... the subject of several complaints to the area's Melton City Council, with some residents outwardly expressing their distaste to the Herald Sun. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
A handy liberal guide on how to save mankind, courtesy of Soho …
But Denise's distaste for welfare dependency vanishes as soon as her future is threatened. Her disabled mother, whom she detests, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Long Ashton man who swapped naked photos with 11-year-old girl …
"I need to consider sentencing guidelines and my public duty and the need to reflect to seriousness of your offending and public distaste for ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»

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