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31 total sentences available.
[T]hoſe that had forſaken hys father and taken part with him againſt his ſayde father, he ſeemed now ſo much to miſlike, that hee remoued them vtterly from his preſence, and contrariwiſe preferred ſuch as had continued faythful vnto his father in time of the troubles.
Source: wiktionary
[Prince of] Moroc[co]. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuery of the burniſht ſunne, / To vvhom I am a neighbour, and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-vvard borne, / VVhere Phœbus fire ſcarce thavves the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue vvhoſe blood is reddeſt, his or mine.
Source: wiktionary
In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane, as it may seem, for that Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight.
Source: wiktionary
[A]s nothing is begun and perfited at the ſame time, and the later thoughts are thought to be the vviſer: ſo, if vve building vpon their foundation that vvent before vs, and being holpen by their labours, doe endeuour to make that better vvhich they left ſo good; no man, vve are ſure, hath cauſe to miſlike vs; they, vve perſvvade our ſelues, if they vvere aliue, vvould thanke vs.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include abhor, disapprove of, disfavor, dislike, dislike.
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