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.
shun, avoid &c. 623; eschew; withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from;
not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure; shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at; make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace; make faces.
loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor; hate &c. 898; take amiss
&c. 900; have enough of &c. (be satiated) 869.
wish away, unwish
cause dislike, excite dislike; disincline, repel, sicken; make sick,
render sick; turn one’s stomach, nauseate, wamble[obs3], disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the grain, go against the stomach; stick in the throat; make one’s blood run cold &c. (give pain) 830; pall.
Adj. disliking &c. v.; averse from, loathe, loathe to, loth, adverse;
shy of, sick of, out of conceit with; disinclined; heartsick, dogsick[obs3]; queasy.
disliked &c. v.; uncared for, unpopular; out of favor; repulsive,
repugnant, repellant; abhorrent, insufferable, fulsome, nauseous; loathsome, loathful[obs3]; offensive; disgusting &c. v.; disagreeable c. (painful) 830.
Adv. usque ad nauseam[Lat].
Int. faugh! foh[obs3]! ugh!
Phr. non libet[Lat].
#868. Fastidiousness.
— N. fastidiousness &c. adj.; nicety,
hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise[Fr],
epicurism, omnia suspendens naso[Lat].
epicure, gourmet.
[Excess of delicacy]
prudery.
V. be fastidious &c.
adj.; have a sweet tooth.
mince the matter; turn
up one’s nose at &c. (disdain) 930; look a gift
horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun.
Adj. fastidious, nice,
delicate, delicat[obs3], finical, finicky,
demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal[vulg.],
difficult, dainty, lickerish[obs3], squeamish, thin-skinned;
squeasy[obs3], queasy; hard to please, difficult to
please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous;
censorious &c. 932; hypercritical; overcritical.
Phr. noli me tangere[Lat].
#869. Satiety.
— N. satiety, satisfaction, saturation,
repletion,
glut, surfeit; cloyment[obs3], satiation; weariness
&c. 841. spoiled child; enfant gete[Fr], enfant terrible[Fr];
too much of a good thing, toujours perdrix[Fr]; crambe
repetita[Lat][obs3].
V. sate, satiate, satisfy,
saturate; cloy, quench, slake, pall, glut.,
gorge, surfeit; bore &c. (weary) 841; tire &c. (fatigue)
688; spoil.
have enough of, have
quite enough of, have one’s fill, have too much
of; be satiated &c. adj.
Adj. satiated &c. v.;
overgorged[obs3]; blase, used up, sick of,
heartsick.
Int. enough! hold! eheu
jam satis[Lat]! basta[obs3]!


