Definition of Distastes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of distaste) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distastes

1. distaste [v] - See also: distaste

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distastes

distannyne
distant
distant flap
distantial
distantiate
distantly
distantness
distantnesses
distarch
distaste
distasted
distasteful
distastefull
distastefully
distastefulness
distastes
distasting
distasture
distastures
distaunce
distaunces
distaunt
distaves
distearyl
distelfink
distelfinks
distemper
distemper virus
distemperance
distemperances

Literary usage of Distastes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"No man was better fitted to adorn any Disappoint- circle he entered, but beyond that of friends and equals he distastes. rarely passed. ..."

2. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, ..."

3. Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall (1895)
"In the ordinary distastes. working class districts the inferior and the better ... Use also gives rise to acquired distastes as well as to acquired tastes. ..."

4. Memoirs of the Court of King James the First by Lucy Aikin (1822)
"In the time of your being here, admitting that their proceedings have been in many things unworthy of you, and that divers distastes have grown by inter- ..."

5. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"... but the devil's end in all is, that God may be violated and dishonoured in that sin: and therefore by casting in ill conceptions and distastes first, ..."

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