disrelishn.
/dɪsˈrɛlɪʃ/ a. Distaste, dislike, aversion, some degree of disgust.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [noun]
loathc1175
unlikinga1398
mislovinga1500
scunner?a1513
misliking1563
recess1567
mislikea1569
quarrel1579
underliking1581
ill liking1586
disaffection1599
dyspathy1603
exception1604
aversation1612
disrelish1613
unrelishness1615
misaffection1621
averseness1622
distastefulnessa1625
disaffectedness1625
disrelishing1692
eloinmenta1763
unwantedness1955
1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman Advt. to Rdr. sig. B.7 Because I will giue no disrellish vnto any, I will make a longer explication of the same.
1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iii. i. 128 Dissentions..will breed in Pagans, such a disrelish of our Religion.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 569 With hatefullest disrelish writh'd thir jaws With soot and cinders fill'd. View more context for this quotation
1717 A. Pope Corr. 20 Nov. (1956) I. 454 With a dis-relish of all that the world calls Ambition.
1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 119 Men..have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty.
1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 403 Her disrelish for food amounted to disgust.
1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 96 Conduct..indicative of his disrelish for the whole subject.
b. Something which excites distaste or aversion.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [noun] > object or cause of dislike
unwillc1000
distaste1608
disrelishment1646
distastive1654
aversion1678
aversationa1708
disrelish1823
bête noire1844
1823 New Monthly Mag. 9 104/2 The extraordinary nasal twang..not to mention other disrelishes, we cannot get over.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
disrelishv.
/dɪsˈrɛlɪʃ/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > make unpleasant
disrelish1548
unseason1590
distaste1609
unsweeten1611
uncharm1835
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xv. f. 130v Yet is it [the plentie or aboundance of the prodigal] marred and dis~realised with muche galle of sondrie griefes and sorowes.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxiii. sig. E6 Some musty Prouerbe that dis-relishes all things whatsoeuer.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 305 Savourie fruits, of taste to please True appetite, and not disrelish thirst. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 140 'Tis then like the Handwriting upon the Wall, enough to spoil and disrelish the Feast.
1760 L. Sterne Serm. III. 374.
2. To have a distaste for, to find not to one's taste; to regard with disfavour; to dislike.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [verb (transitive)]
mislikea1225
to like illa1350
to have no fancy with1465
mislovec1485
abominec1500
not to look ata1529
to have no will of, (also in)1548
misaffect1586
to have or take a stitch againsta1591
dislike1593
to take (a) toy to (also at)1598
disfavour1599
disgust1601
disaffect1609
mistaste1613
disrelisha1616
dispalate1630
abominate1652
disfancy1657
to have it in for1825
to have a down on1835
to sour on1862
to go off ——1877
derry1896
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 233 Her delicate tendernesse will..beginne to heaue the gorge, disrellish and abhorre the Moore. View more context for this quotation
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 27 How long is it since he hath dis-relisht libels?
1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 256 This excellent book, though..disrelished by some weak Christians.
1799 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 151 I am not surprised that some members of the House..should disrelish your report.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvii. 281 He so much disrelished some expressions of mine that..he showed me to the door.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > excite repugnance in [verb (transitive)]
abhor1531
distaste1597
disrelish1649
disgust1656
revolt1731
revulse1887
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. vii. 304 Or preach some truth which dis-relishes the palate of a prepossessed auditor.
1659 Lady Alimony iv. vii. sig. I2 What might I say That should dis-relish Madam Caveare?
1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 28 He tastes the bitter morsel, and rejects Disrelisht.
4. intransitive. To be distasteful, to ‘go down badly’.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be or become displeased [verb (intransitive)] > displease
loathec893
overthinkc1175
displeasec1400
to stick in the throat (also craw, gizzard, stomach, etc.)c1536
unsavoura1547
distastea1618
disrelish1631
to give (also cause, etc.) offence to1712
spoil sport1869
to get in bad1902
1631 [see disrelishing adj. at Derivatives].
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iv. iv. 223 This much disrelished with the Lord Hopton.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xvii. 113 I learnt that, which if I tell again, It may with many wofully disrelish.
Derivatives
disˈrelished adj.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked
unliefOE
peevisha1522
unsavoury1536
ingrate1539
unliked1560
ingrateful1567
dislikeful1596
disgracious1597
disaffected1621
disliked1632
disrelished1659
invidious1710
objectional1799
unlikeable1834
dislikable1843
unfavourite1934
1659 Lady Alimony ii. v. sig. E2 A freedom from our dis-relish'd Beds.
1846 D. King Treat. Lord's Supper iv. 89 A violated law and a disrelished salvation.
disˈrelishing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [noun]
loathc1175
unlikinga1398
mislovinga1500
scunner?a1513
misliking1563
recess1567
mislikea1569
quarrel1579
underliking1581
ill liking1586
disaffection1599
dyspathy1603
exception1604
aversation1612
disrelish1613
unrelishness1615
misaffection1621
averseness1622
distastefulnessa1625
disaffectedness1625
disrelishing1692
eloinmenta1763
unwantedness1955
1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 78 This first disrelishing of the Republick, had..so much of Honesty, that [etc.].
disˈrelishing adj. distasteful.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant
loatha700
unsweetc890
grimlyc893
unquemeOE
un-i-quemeOE
evila1131
sourc1175
illc1220
unhightlyc1275
unwelcomec1325
unblithec1330
unnetc1330
unrekena1350
unagreeablec1374
uncouthc1380
unsavouryc1380
displeasantc1386
unlikinga1398
ungaina1400
crabbedc1400
unlovelyc1400
displeasing1401
eschewc1420
unsoot1420
mislikinga1425
unlikelya1425
unlustya1425
fastidiousc1425
unpleasantc1430
displicable1471
unthankfulc1475
displeasant1481
uneasy1483
unpleasinga1500
unfaring1513
badc1530
malpleasant?1533
noisome1542
thanklessa1547
ungrate1548
untoothsome1548
ungreeable1550
contrary1561
disagreeable1570
offensible1575
offensive1576
naughty1578
delightlessa1586
undelightful1585
unwisheda1586
unpleasurable1587
undelightsomec1595
dislikeful1596
disliking1596
ungrateful1596
unsweet?a1600
distastive1600
impleasing1602
distasting1603
distasteful1607
unsightly1608
undelectable1610
disgustful1611
unrelishing1611
waspisha1616
undeliciousa1618
unwished-for1617
disrelishing1631
unenjoyed1643
unjoyous1645
mirya1652
unwelcomed1651
unpleasivea1656
sweet1656
injucund1657
insuave1657
unpalatable1658
unhandsome1660
undesirable1667
disrelishablea1670
uncouthsome1684
shocking1703
nasty1705
embittering1746
indelectable1751
undelightinga1774
nice and ——1796
unenjoyablea1797
ungenial1796
uncomplacent1805
ungracious1807
bitter1810
rotten1813
uncongenial1813
quarrelsome1825
grimy1833
nice1836
unrelished1863
bloody1867
unbewitching1876
ferocious1877
displeasurable1879
rebarbative1892
charming1893
crook1898
naar1900
peppery1901
negative1902
poisonous1906
off-putting1935
unsympathetic1937
piggy1942
funky1946
umpty1948
pooey1967
minging1970
Scrooge-like1976
sucky1984
stank1991
stanky1991
1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Strong lines have beene in request; but they grew disrelishing.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 152/1 When once it becomes indifferent, it begins to be disrelishing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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