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disrelished

disrelished is the simple past and past participle of disrelish.

Meaning of disrelish

Verb

disrelish (third-person singular simple present disrelishes, present participle disrelishing, simple past and past participle disrelished)

  1. (transitive) To have no taste for; to reject as distasteful.
    • September 1, 1733, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
      Everybody is so concerned for the public, that all private enjoyments are lost or disrelished
  2. (transitive) To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree.
    • And Eve within, due at her hour prepar'd / For dinner favourie fruits, of taſte to pleaſe / True appetite, and not diſreliſh thirſt1674, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 126

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Questions about disrelished

What is disrelished the simple past and past participle of?
Disrelished is the simple past and past participle of disrelish.

Words near disrelished in the dictionary

  1. disrelates
  2. disrelating
  3. disrelation
  4. disrelations
  5. disrelish
  6. disrelished
  7. disrelishes
  8. disrelisheth
  9. disrelishing
  10. disrelisht
  11. disremember

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