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disrelishes

disrelishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 disrelishes

What is disrelishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disrelishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disrelish.

Words near disrelishes in the dictionary

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

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