dislike
/dɪsˈlaɪk/
dislike noun: an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
Noun
dislike (plural dislikes)
- An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
- 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.1957 February, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96
- Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).
- Tell me your likes and dislikes.
- An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
Verb
dislike (third-person singular simple present dislikes, present participle disliking, simple past and past participle disliked)
- To displease; to offend. In third-person only.
- customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike [translating desplaisent] me, as instruct me[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
- 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.1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800
- 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.
dislike meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dislike in Hindi
- feeling of distaste
- नफ़रत nafrat
- not to like something
- नापसंद करना nāpsand karnā
dislike in Tamil
- வெறுப்பு, பகை, அவிரும்பு
dislike in Marathi
- नापसंत, नापसंत करणे, नापसंत करण्यासाठी
dislike in Urdu
- not to like something
- ناپسند کرنا nāpsand karnā
More languagesFewer languages
- dislike in Bengali
- ইনকার inkar
- dislike in Telugu
- అయిష్టత ayiṣṭata, అయిష్టము ayiṣṭamu
- dislike in Malayalam
- അനിഷ്ടം aniṣṭaṁ, ഇഷ്ടക്കേട് iṣṭakkēṭŭ
- dislike in Kannada
- ಅಸಹ್ಯ, ಅಪ್ರೀತಿ, ದ್ವೇಷ, ವೈರ
- dislike in Odia
- ନାପସନ୍ଦ କରନ୍ତୁ, ନାପସନ୍ଦ କରନ୍ତି, ନାପସନ୍ଦ
- dislike in Sanskrit
- द्वेषस् dveṣas
- dislike in Nepali
- नापसंद, नापसंद गर्नुहोस्, नापसन्द गर्नुहोस्
- dislike in Arabic
- كَرِهَ kariha
- dislike in Thai
- ไม่ชอบ, เขม่น kà-mèn
- dislike in Vietnamese
- không ưa, không thích, ghét
Examples of dislike in a sentence
- I have no quarrel with her; it’s her partner whom I dislike.
- Users who dislike the new visual layout can return to classic mode.
- Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
Synonyms of dislike
- disrecommend
- mislike
- disrelish
- mind
- misrelish
- object to
- stomach
Antonyms
Forms of dislike
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dislikes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dislikes |
| present participle | disliking |
| past participle | disliked |
| past | disliked |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | dislikest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | dislikedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | disliketh |
Origin of dislike
From dis- + like.
Words formed from dislike
Words that rhyme with dislike
Questions about dislike
- What does dislike mean?
- Dislike means an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
- What is dislike in Hindi?
- Dislike in Hindi is नफ़रत (nafrat), नापसंद करना (nāpsand karnā). See Dislike meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dislike?
- Dislike can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dislike?
- Dislike is pronounced /dɪsˈlaɪk/.
- What is the plural of dislike?
- The plural of dislike is dislikes.
Words near dislike in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dislike (page history and authors); dislike (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dislike (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ইনকার (Bengali) (page history and authors); dislike (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dislike (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dislike (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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