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disrelish


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disrelish  \Dis*rel"ish\  (?;  see  {Dis-}),  n. 
  1.  Want  of  relish;  dislike  (of  the  palate  or  of  the  mind); 
  distaste;  a  slight  degree  of  disgust;  as  a  disrelish  for 
  some  kinds  of  food. 
 
  Men  love  to  hear  of  their  power,  but  have  an  extreme 
  disrelish  to  be  told  of  their  duty.  --Burke. 
 
  2.  Absence  of  relishing  or  palatable  quality;  bad  taste; 
  nauseousness.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disrelish  \Dis*rel"ish\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Disrelished};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Disrelishing}.] 
  1.  Not  to  relish;  to  regard  as  unpalatable  or  offensive;  to 
  feel  a  degree  of  disgust  at  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  deprive  of  relish;  to  make  nauseous  or  disgusting  in  a 
  slight  degree.  --Milton.