Detest vs. Distaste — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Detest and Distaste
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Detest
To dislike intensely; abhor.
Distaste
Dislike or aversion.
Detest
(transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
I detest snakes.
Distaste
To feel repugnance for; dislike.
Detest
To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
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Distaste
To offend; displease.
Detest
To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches.
God hath detested them with his own mouth.
Distaste
A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
Detest
To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.
Who dares think one thing, and another tell,My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Distaste
(obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
Detest
Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards;
I hate Mexican food
She detests politicians
Distaste
(obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness.
Distaste
Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
Distaste
To dislike.
Distaste
(intransitive) to be distasteful; to taste bad
Distaste
To offend; to disgust; to displease.
Distaste
To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
Distaste
Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
Distaste
Discomfort; uneasiness.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Distaste
Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
On the part of Heaven,Now alienated, distance and distaste.
Distaste
Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.
Although my will distaste what it elected.
Distaste
To offend; to disgust; to displease.
He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them.
Distaste
To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
Distaste
To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable.
Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons,Which at the are scarce found to distaste.
Distaste
A feeling of intense dislike
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