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Webster 1913 Edition


Disrelish

Dis-rel′ish

(?; see Dis-)
,
Noun.
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.

Dis-rel′ish

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disrelish

DISRELISH

,
Noun.
[dis and relish.]
1.
Distaste; dislike of the palate; some degree of disgust. Men generally have a disrelish for tobacco, till the taste is reconciled to it by custom.
2.
Bad taste; nauseousness.
3.
Distaste or dislike, in a figurative sense; dislike of the mind, or of the faculty by which beauty and excellence are perceived.

DISRELISH

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To dislike the taste of; as, to disrelish a particular kind of food.
2.
To make nauseous or disgusting; to infect with a bad taste. [In this sense, I believe, the word is little used.]
3.
To dislike; to feel some disgust at; as, to disrelish vulgar jests.