Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-TASTE', n. [dis and taste.]

1. Aversion of the taste; dislike of food or drink; disrelish; disgust, or a slight degree of it. Distaste for a particular kind of food may be constitutional, or the effect of a diseased stomach.
2. Dislike; uneasiness. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comfort and hopes. – Bacon.
3. Dislike; displeasure; alienation of affection. – Milton. Pope.