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dislike

dislike

49 1.0
A feeling of not liking someone or something
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈlaɪk/
  • Texting
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  • His dislike for vegetables is well known among his friends.
  • strong dislike
  • likes and dislikes
  • personal dislikes

There's the critics sort of took a dislike to it.

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Examples

  • Standing beside Lenora, Coren was surprised by the intensity of his dislike for everything that was happening.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • My distrust and my dislike of authority is a deep, deep fuel in me.

  • Where is your natural dislike for people in authority?

  • Is this because of your personal dislike of them?

  • Even your dislike of my cat made it into your Matrix.

  • I took a sudden dislike to the suite.

  • And yet I had walked away with an intense dislike for the man.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • So much of their dislike of mathematics has to do with anxiety.

    Academic text (2012)
  • I felt a surge of almost atavistic dislike for this condescending man.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Not only did the subjects verbalize their dislike for the textbook, but they demonstrated it as well.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

hatred
vsdislike
394 1.9

A very strong dislike that can make a person want to hurt others

is a milder emotional response without driving hostile acts
hostility
vsdislike
147 4.7

Unfriendly or angry actions and feelings toward someone

is the inward negative feeling itself rather than outward antagonism
disgust
vsdislike
87 2.0

A strong feeling of dislike and being sick because something is offensive

is a lighter feeling that lacks this profound offensive reaction
disdain
vsdislike
65 6.5

A feeling of strong dislike and lack of respect

is a simple negative feeling without strong contempt or derision
loathing
vsdislike
48 5.2

A strong feeling of hatred and disgust for someone or something

is much milder and does not reach that extreme hatred
disapproval
vsdislike
45 3.0

A feeling that shows you do not agree with someone or what they do

is the same negative feeling but more general and personal
aversion
vsdislike
31 6.5

A strong dislike of something or someone

is milder and more general than this stronger opposition
distaste
vsdislike
28 4.1

A mild feeling of not liking something

is a more general, mild feeling of not liking
revulsion
vsdislike
18 6.3

A strong feeling of disgust at something very unpleasant

is an ordinary negative feeling without strong physical reaction
enmity
vsdislike
16 8.0

A strong feeling of hatred toward people or groups

is a private feeling of not liking, not necessarily active hostility
antipathy
vsdislike
11 8.3

A strong feeling of dislike toward someone or something

is less intense and more routine than this stronger feeling
disfavor
vsdislike
4 6.2

Lack of public support or approval

is the inward feeling of not liking rather than social unapproval
repulsion
vsdislike
3 6.2

A strong feeling of dislike and disgust

is a gentler, more common feeling of not liking
repugnance
vsdislike
3 8.4

A strong feeling of dislike or disgust

is a weaker, ordinary feeling of not liking
abhorrence
vsdislike
2 7.8

A very strong feeling of hate and disgust

is a softer negative feeling without moral revulsion
detestation
vsdislike
1 8.6

A very strong feeling of hate and disgust for someone or something

is a common, lower intensity feeling of not liking
disrelish
vsdislike
1 9.9

A feeling of dislike for something like a food or task

is the broader, general feeling of not liking something
repugnancy
vsdislike
9.1

A strong feeling of disgust or deep dislike

is far milder and lacks the deep disgust of this feeling
despising
vsdislike
7.4

A strong feeling of dislike and scorn for someone or something

is a general negative feeling lacking strong scorn or hatred
despisal
vsdislike
  • Archaic
8.9

Strong feeling of dislike and scorn for someone or something

is softer and lacks the contempt and scorn of this feeling

Antonyms

1 1.0

A feeling of pleasure for a person or thing

How Much Dislike

loathing
48 5.2
hatred
394 1.9
antipathy
11 8.3
dislike
  • Texting
49 1.0
aversion
31 6.5

Surface Forms

dislike singular
dislikes plural

Morphology

dislike = dislike (transparent) = dis + like

The noun is a regular zero-derived form of the verb 'dislike', meaning the feeling or instance of disliking.

Etymology

Dislike as a noun names the feeling of 'not liking' someone or something and comes from dis- ('not') + like ('to like'), so a dislike is simply that 'not liking' feeling.