Acquired Taste (Noun)
Meaning
A preference that is only acquired after considerable experience; "martinis are an acquired taste".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- Oysters are an acquired taste that many people learn to love after trying them several times.
- She didn't enjoy coffee at first, but after drinking it every morning for a month, it became an acquired taste.
- He thinks that hiking is an acquired taste that not many people have the patience to develop.
- Her mother had warned her that champagne was an acquired taste, but she couldn't understand why people liked the bubbles so much.
- Sushi was definitely an acquired taste, one that she didn't fully appreciate until she lived in Japan for a few months.