dislike

n. Unlikeness. [ R. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disliked p. pr. & vb. n. Disliking. ] 1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. “Disliking countenance.” Marston. “It dislikes me.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hint malevolent, the look oblique,
The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]