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Definition: DISRELISH |
DISRELISHNoun1. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. 2. 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. Transitive verb1. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. 2. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. |
Date "DISRELISH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dislike | Verb: mislike misrelish, dislike, disrelish; mind, object to; have rather not, would rather not, prefer not to, not care for; have a dislike for, conceive a dislike to, entertain a dislike for, take a dislike to, have an aversion to, have an aversion for; have no taste for, have no stomach for. |
Noun: dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, displacency. | |
Hate | Verb: hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate;scowl; disrelish; (dislike). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DISRELISH |
| English words defined with "DISRELISH": Disrelished, Disrelishing. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "DISRELISH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nuk pëlqej (disfavor, disfavour, dislike, hate), nuk dua (be disinclined), neveri (abhorrence, abomination, aversion, contempt, disdain, disgust, distaste, execration, gorge, horror, loathing, nausea, odiousness, odium, recoil, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scorn), mospëlqim (antipathy, aversion, disfavor, disfavour, dislike, distaste, indisposition, non-compliance, objection, scunner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كراهية (antipathy, aversion, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, odium, repugnance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отвращение (abhorrence, abomination, allergy, antipathy, detestation, disgust, distaste, execration, horror, loathing, nausea, odium, phobia, recoil, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scunner, sickener), отвращавам се от (abominate, distaste, execrate, loathe), неодобрение (censure, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, discouragement, disfavor, disfavour, objection, reprehension), не обичам (abominate, dislike), мразя (abhor, detest, hate, loathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nemít rád co. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | irtózik (to abhor), irtózás (averseness, aversion, distaste, horror, loathing, repulsion, shudder, shuddering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isrelishday repugnância (abhorrence, aversion, backwardness, disgust, disincline, dislike, distaste, loathing, nausea, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scunner), ignorar o regulamento, aversão (abhorrence, aversion, complex, despite, disgust, disinclination, dislike, distaste, grudge, hate, hatred, hors d'oeuvre, impatient, loathing, rancor, rancour, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revolt), antipatia (antipathy, aversion, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repugnance). (various references) dezgust (abhorrence, abomination, aversion, disgust, distaste, fulsomness, horror, loathing, repugnance, weariness), nu-i plãcea (dislike), aversiune (abhorrence, aversion, detestation of, idiosyncrasy, indisposition, loathing, objection, quarrel, recoil, repugnance, repulsion, revolt), avea aversiune faţã de (take a dislike to). (various references) нерасположение (indisposition), не любить (abominate, dislike, loathe, object). (various references) ver a (spy, tempt). (various references) motvilja (antipathy, aversion, dislike, distaste, objection, repulsion, revulsion), avsky (abhor, abhorance, abhorrence, abominate, abomination, antipathy, be detested, detest, detestation, disgust, execrate, execration, hate, loathe, loathing, repugnance), äckel (disgust, loathing, louses, nausea, repulsive chap, stinker). (various references) tiksinme (disgust, distaste, execration), nefret etme, hoşlanmama (antipathy, aversion, dislike, distaste), beğenmeme (disapprobation, disapproval, dislike, scunner). (various references) ставитися неприязно, неприязнь (distaste, down, enmity, objection, spite), бути огидним. (various references) sự không thú, sự không thích (disinclination, dislike, distaste, objection, reluctance), sự không ưa (disinclination, dislike, distaste, indisposedness, indisposition), sự chán ghét (alienation, disinclination, distaste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DISRELISH": disrelished, disrelishes, disrelishing. (additional references) | |
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"DISRELISH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Durleigh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-i-i-l-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: dishier, hirsels, hirsled, hirsles, shields, sidlers, sliders. | |
-3 letters: diesis, dishes, hiders, hirsel, hirsle, hissed, hisser, idlers, irides, irised, irises, relish, resids, rishis, sherds, shield, shiels, shiers, shires, shreds, sidler, sidles, slider, slides. | |
-4 letters: deils, delis, dirls, dress, dries, heils, heirs, herds, herls, hider, hides, hired, hires, idler, idles, irids, isled, isles, issei, lehrs. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-i-i-l-r-s-s" | |
+2 letters: disrelished, disrelishes, soldiership. | |
+3 letters: disrelishing, shipbuilders, soldierships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 53 52 45 4C 49 53 48 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .-. . .-.. .. ... .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01010011 01010010 01000101 01001100 01001001 01010011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I S R E L I S H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0053 0052 0045 004C 0049 0053 0048 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)384353523946435342 |
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