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s | distaste |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun distaste is

a feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.

As a verb distaste is

(obsolete|transitive) to dislike.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    distaste

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
  • (obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes , and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
  • Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
  • * Milton
    • On the part of Heaven, / Now alienated, distance and distaste .

    Derived terms

    * distasteful

    Verb

    (distast)
  • (obsolete) To dislike.
  • * , Scene 2.
    • Although my will distaste what it elected
  • * , II.4.1.i:
    • the Romans distasted them so much, that they were often banished out of their city, as Pliny and Celsus relate, for 600 yeers not admitted.
  • to be distasteful; to taste bad
  • * , Scene 3.
    • Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons. / Which at the first are scarce found to distaste ,
  • (obsolete) To offend; to disgust; to displease.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them.
  • (obsolete) To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
    • (Drayton)

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