dislike

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈlaɪk/, /ˈdɪslaɪk/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

dislike (plural dislikes)

1. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
   • 1957 February, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96:

     In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated.

2. (usually in the plural) Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).

   Tell me your likes and dislikes.

4. (Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Derived terms

• dislikeful

Translations

feeling of distaste

Bulgarian: антипа́тия (bg) f (antipátija), неприя́зън (bg) f (neprijázǎn) Catalan: aversió (ca) f, disgust (ca) m, antipatia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 煩惡 / 烦恶 (zh) (fánwù), 厭惡 / 厌恶 (zh) (yànwù), 嫌惡 / 嫌恶 (zh) (xiánwù) Finnish: inho (fi), vastenmielisyys (fi) French: antipathie (fr) f German: Unbehagen (de) n Greek: αντιπάθεια (el) f (antipátheia) Hindi: नफ़रत f (nafrat) Hungarian: ellenszenv (hu), idegenkedés (hu), ellenérzés (hu), nemtetszés (hu) Irish: snamh m, antoil f Italian: antipatia (it) f, avversione (it) f Japanese: 厭悪 (ja) (えんお, en'o), 嫌悪 (ja) (けんお, ken'o) Korean: 염오(厭惡) (yeomo), 혐오(嫌惡) (ko) (hyeomo) Malayalam: അനിഷ്ടം (ml) (aniṣṭaṁ), ഇഷ്ടക്കേട് (ml) (iṣṭakkēṭŭ) Portuguese: antipatia (pt) f, aversão (pt) f Romanian: aversiune (ro) f, antipatie (ro) f Russian: неприя́знь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ), нелюбо́вь (ru) f (neljubóvʹ), антипа́тия (ru) f (antipátija) Sanskrit: द्वेषस् (sa) n (dveṣas) Sicilian: malusangu m Spanish: aversión (es) f, disgusto (es) m, antipatía (es) f, ojeriza (es) f, manía (es) f Ukrainian: неприя́знь f (nepryjáznʹ), антипа́тія (uk) f (antypátija)

Internet interaction

Belarusian: дысла́йк m (dyslájk), дызла́йк m (dyzlájk) Catalan: no m'agrada Japanese: ヤダネ! (yada ne!), やだね! (yada ne!) Korean: 싫어요 (sireoyo) Portuguese: descurtida m, dislike (pt) m Russian: дисла́йк (ru) m (dislájk), дизла́йк (ru) m (dizlájk) Spanish: me disgusta m, no me gusta Ukrainian: дисла́йк m (dyslájk), дизла́йк (uk) m (dyzlájk)

Verb

dislike (third-person singular simple present dislikes, present participle disliking, simple past and past participle disliked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To displease; to offend. In third-person only. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike [translating desplaisent] me, as instruct me […].

2. (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]
   • 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:

     In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.

3. (Internet) To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

   Rebecca Black's "Friday" video has gained notoriety for being one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Conjugation

Conjugation of dislike

infinitive	(to) dislike
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	dislike	disliked
2nd-person singular	dislike, dislikest†	disliked, dislikedst†
3rd-person singular	dislikes, disliketh†	disliked
plural	dislike
subjunctive	dislike	disliked
imperative	dislike	—
participles	disliking	disliked

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• disrecommend
• mislike

Antonyms

• like

Coordinate terms

• hate

Derived terms

• dislikable
• dislikee
• dislikeness
• disliker

Translations

not to like something

American Sign Language: Open8@NearChest-PalmBack 8@NearChest-PalmBack Claw5@FromChest-PalmDown Arabic: كَرِهَ (kariha) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: не харе́свам (ne harésvam) Catalan: desagradar (ca), no agradar Chinese: Mandarin: 不喜愛 / 不喜爱 (bù xǐ'ài), 不喜歡 / 不喜欢 (bù xǐhuan), 嫌 (zh) (xián), 討厭 / 讨厌 (zh) (tǎoyàn), 憝 (zh) (duì), 反感 (zh) (fǎngǎn) Czech: nemít rád Dutch: een hekel hebben aan, (archaic) het land hebben aan Esperanto: malŝati, malami (eo) Finnish: ei pitää (jostakin) French: ne pas aimer Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: ablehnen (de) Greek: αντιπαθώ (el) (antipathó) Hindi: नापसंद करना (nāpsand karnā) Hungarian: nem szeret, idegenkedik (hu) Italian: non piacersi Japanese: 嫌う (ja) (きらう, kirau), 厭う (ja) (いとう, itou), 嫌い (ja) (きらい, kirai) (used as an adjective) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 싫어하다 (ko) (sireohada), 미워하다 (ko) (miwohada) Latin: odi, odio Maori: huru, hoto, wainamu (refers to particular foods and drink), kiripiro Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: mislike Oromo: jibbuu (om) Polish: nie lubić Portuguese: não gostar de, desgostar de Romanian: displăcea (ro), nu-i plăcea, dezagrea (rare) Russian: не люби́ть impf (ne ljubítʹ), невзлюби́ть (ru) pf (nevzljubítʹ) Spanish: desagradar (es), disgustar (es), no gustar, tener aversión (es), caer mal (a person), caer gordo (a person), caer pesado (es) (a person) Swedish: ogilla (sv) Telugu: అయిష్టత (ayiṣṭata), అయిష్టము (te) (ayiṣṭamu) Thai: ไม่ชอบ, เขม่น (th) (kà-mèn) Urdu: ناپسند کرنا (nāpsand karnā) Vietnamese: không ưa, không thích, ghét (vi)

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Telugu: (please verify) అయిష్టత (ayiṣṭata), (please verify) అయిష్టము (te) (ayiṣṭamu)

See also

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• hate
• loathe