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👎 To not like 💔 A bad feeling 👎 To downvote online
to dislike

to dislike

5 3.4
To click a button to show you do not like something online
  • verb
  • /dɪsˈlaɪk/
  • Texting
translation icon : marcar 'no me gusta'
  • If you want to dislike the show and want to write opinion pieces thereon, go ahead.

Examples

  • I don't want people to dislike me.

    Steve Jobs (2015)

  • I don't care how much you like or dislike this video.

  • Why do you want people to dislike you?

    Steve Jobs (2015)

  • There's no telling what people are gonna like or dislike.

    Man on the Moon (1999)

  • We want to know why you liked or disliked the item.

    Blog text (20)

  • Hey, Simon and Kate, one thing I want to ask is what's a thing you dislike about YouTube the most of you guys?

  • As for the newly recharacterized Observers, I very much dislike this development.

    Blog text (22)

  • Like, you know, you can't convince people to like or dislike your accent.

  • Other websites such as Facebook, playlist.com, YouTube, etc. have the option to like, dislike, or report ads.

    Blog text (26)

  • On social media, it's common to dislike posts that you don't agree with.

Synonyms

to downvote
vsto dislike
  • Texting
1 4.9

To give a negative vote to a post or comment online

is done by clicking a site's negative control to register disapproval
to turn thumbs down
vsto dislike
1 7.0

To show that you do not agree with or support something

is the online act of clicking a negative control rather than general opposition
to downdoot
vsto dislike
  • Slang
9.9

To give a bad rating to online posts or comments

is the standard neutral action of clicking a negative control online

Antonyms

to approve
∞ 1.6

To officially agree to something or think that it is good

How Afraid

anxiety
423 3.5
unease
19 4.4
to dislike
  • Texting
5 3.4
indifference
71 4.6

Surface Forms

dislike infinitive
disliked past
disliked past participle
disliking present participle
dislikes third person singular

Morphology

dislike = dislike (semi-transparent) = dis + like

If the learner knows the digital noun 'dislike', the verb meaning 'give a dislike' is a straightforward conversion.

Etymology

The online verb dislike uses the same parts dis- ('not') and like ('to like'), and it became the word for clicking a button to show you do not like a post, so to dislike something online is to mark it as 'not liked'.