misliking

Verb

mislike (third-person singular simple present mislikes, present participle misliking, simple past and past participle misliked)

1. (transitive) To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to.
   • [T]hoſe that had forſaken hys father and taken part with him againſt his ſayde father, he ſeemed now ſo much to miſlike, that hee remoued them vtterly from his preſence, and contrariwiſe preferred ſuch as had continued faythful vnto his father in time of the troubles.1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “Richarde the Firste”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 474, column 1
2. (archaic, transitive) To displease or offend (someone).
   • But ther ys alſo interceſsion made to ſainctes, vvhich ys an other matter that miſliketh him therin, vvhich interceſsion alſo ys in the Maſſe of ſainct Iames.1566, Thomas Heskyns, “Treateth of the Value of the Masse to the Quicke and the Dead”, in The Parliament of Chryste Avouching and Declaring the Enacted and Receaued Trueth of the Presence of His...
3. (archaic, intransitive) To displease or offend.
   • This ſentence ſerues, and that my hand out-ſtrikes, / That pleaſeth vvell, and this as much miſlikes, […]1597, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “Matilda [Robert Fitzwalter’s daughter] to King John”, in Englands Heroicall Epistles, London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] Ling, […], →OCLC, folio 13...
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To disapprove; also, to be displeased or unhappy.
   • [N]eyther hys ſeruantes nor hymſelf ſuffered to gone^([sic – meaning go?]) oute, parceiuyng well ſo greate a thyng without his knowledge not begun for noughte, comparyng this maner preſẽ[n]t with this laſt nightes chere, ĩ[n] ſo few houres ſo gret a chaunge marueylouſlye miſliked.c. 1513 (date written), Thomas More, “The History of King Richard the Thirde (Vnfinished) […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London...
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To become sickly or weak due to poor health; to waste away.
   • But as vvell the one as the other applied vvith honey, doe heale old ulcers: they incarnat and fill up the hollovv concavities of fiſtulous ſores: and ſuch parts as do miſlike and vvant nouriſhment, they cauſe to gather fleſh and fill the skin againe: […]1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXVII.] Of Stinking Horehound: Of Mille-graine, or Oke of Ierusalem: Of Brabyla, Bryon, Bupleuros, Catanance: Of Calla, Circæa, and...

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