Distaste in Malayalam
Distaste in the literal sense is രുചിക്കുറവ് (ruchikkurav), a lack of taste or appetite, built on ruchi, taste, with kurav, shortage. For distaste as dislike, Malayalam turns to another word.
Most common translation
Distaste, apositia.
പനി വന്നപ്പോൾ രുചിക്കുറവ് തോന്നി.
pani vannappol ruchikkurav thonni.
When the fever came I felt a distaste for food.
All Malayalam words for “distaste”
- രുചിക്കുറവ് (ruchikkurav) — Distaste, apositia.
- നീരസം (neerasam) — Displeasure, distaste, dislike, ill-will.
രുചിക്കുറവ് (ruchikkurav) keeps to taste and appetite, whereas നീരസം (neerasam) is distaste as dislike or displeasure towards people and things.
Common questions
How do you say distaste in Malayalam?
രുചിക്കുറവ് (ruchikkurav) for loss of appetite, നീരസം (neerasam) for dislike.
Which one fits a dislike of someone's behaviour?
നീരസം (neerasam), which covers displeasure and ill-will.