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DISRELISH, n. [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, v.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.