 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dislike
noun
1: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or
group [syn: {disfavor}, {disfavour}, {disapproval}]
2: a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was
instinctive" [ant: {liking}]
verb: have or feel a dislike or distaste for; "I really dislike
this salesman" [ant: {like}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dislike \Dis*like"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disliked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disliking}.]
1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to
disrelish.
Every nation dislikes an impost. --Johnson.
2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. ''Disliking
countenance.'' --Marston. ''It dislikes me.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
dislike \dis*like"\, noun
1. A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to
something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive;
disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the
opposite of liking or fondness.
God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to
sin. --Hammond.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique,
The obvious satire, or implied dislike. --Hannah
More.
We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent
women for Sheridan and Fox. --J. Morley.
His dislike of a particular kind of sensational
stories. --A. W. Ward.
2. Discord; dissension. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Syn: Distaste; disinclination; disapprobation; disfavor;
disaffection; displeasure; disrelish; aversion;
reluctance; repugnance; disgust; antipathy. --
{Dislike}, {Aversion}, {Reluctance}, {Repugnance},
{Disgust}, {Antipathy}. Dislike is the more general
term, applicable to both persons and things and arising
either from feeling or judgment. It may mean little more
than want of positive liking; but antipathy, repugnance,
disgust, and aversion are more intense phases of
dislike. Aversion denotes a fixed and habitual dislike;
as, an aversion to or for business. Reluctance and
repugnance denote a mental strife or hostility something
proposed (repugnance being the stronger); as, a
reluctance to make the necessary sacrifices, and a
repugnance to the submission required. Disgust is
repugnance either of taste or moral feeling; as, a
disgust at gross exhibitions of selfishness. Antipathy
is primarily an instinctive feeling of dislike of a
thing, such as most persons feel for a snake. When used
figuratively, it denotes a correspondent dislike for
certain persons, modes of acting, etc. Men have an
aversion to what breaks in upon their habits; a
reluctance and repugnance to what crosses their will; a
disgust at what offends their sensibilities; and are
often governed by antipathies for which they can give no
good reason.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "dislike":
Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhor, abhorrence, abominate,
abomination, angst, anguish, animosity, animus, antagonism,
anti-Semitism, antipathy, anxiety, aversion, bad books,
be hostile to, bigotry, boredom, cheerlessness, contemn, contempt,
deprecation, despise, despitefulness, detest, detestation,
disaffection, disapproval, disapprove of, discomfort, discomposure,
discontent, disesteem, disfavor, disgust, disinclination,
disliking, displeasure, disquiet, disrelish, dissatisfaction,
distaste, dread, dullness, emptiness, ennui, execrate, execration,
existential woe, flatness, grimness, hate, hatred, hostility,
ill will, indisposition, inquietude, joylessness, lack of pleasure,
loathe, loathing, malaise, malevolence, malice, malignity, mind,
misandry, misanthropy, mislike, misogyny, nausea, nongratification,
nonsatisfaction, not care for, odium, painfulness, prejudice,
race hatred, racism, repugnance, savorlessness, scanner, scorn,
spite, spitefulness, spleen, staleness, tastelessness, tediousness,
tedium, turn from, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness,
unhappiness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, vexation of spirit,
vials of hate, vials of wrath, xenophobia
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