Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disrelish"

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.


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