Dislike

//dɪsˈlaɪk// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

    "In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated."

  2. 2
    an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to). plural-normally

    "Tell me your likes and dislikes."

  4. 4
    a feeling of aversion or antipathy wordnet
  5. 5
    An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet. Internet
Verb
  1. 1
    To displease; to offend. In third-person only. obsolete, transitive

    "customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike [translating desplaisent] me, as instruct me[…]."

  2. 2
    have or feel a dislike or distaste for wordnet
  3. 3
    To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. transitive

    "In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general."

  4. 4
    To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet. Internet

    "Rebecca Black's "Friday" video has gained notoriety for being one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history."

Synonyms

All synonyms
disfavormislikeabhorabhorrenceabominateabomination

Example

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"A majority of students dislike history."

Etymology

From dis- + like.

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