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How to use dislike in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Dislike means an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion. Example: “Tell me your likes and dislikes.”

Examples of dislike by meaning

nounAn 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

nounSomething that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).

  • Tell me your likes and dislikes.

verbTo have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.

  • 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

verbTo 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.

More sentences with dislike

  • I have no quarrel with her; it’s her partner whom I dislike.From the entry quarrel
  • Users who dislike the new visual layout can return to classic mode.From the entry classic
  • Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.From the entry media
  • I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.From the entry hanging
  • He disliked being treated as a mere appendage to the committee.From the entry appendage
  • Imagine being so insecure that you make it against the law for folks to dislike you.From the entry insecure
  • She is a rover and dislikes any sort of ties, physical or emotional.From the entry rover
  • His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.From the entry inverted snobbery
  • As much as I dislike him, I still voted for him.From the entry as much as
  • You have to go to school however much you may dislike it.From the entry however much
  • She made it clear that she dislike me.From the entry clear
  • I have a cordial dislike for arachnids.From the entry cordial
  • They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.From the entry interloper
  • People disliked his boyish and juvenile behaviour.From the entry boyish
  • She disliked the rigidity of the rules.From the entry rigidity
  • DNI if you dislike the divinatory arts.From the entry DNI
  • If you are alluding to Dostoevski’s worst novels, then, indeed, I dislike intensely The Karamazov Brothers and the ghastly Crime and Punishment rigmarole.From the entry rigmarole
  • He met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online.From the entry hookup
  • She was used to Del’s sarcastic nature by now, as well as her dislike for alcoholic drinks.2023 June 17, Micky Carre, chapter 1, in Like Tears in Rain (Aurora Chronicles; 2), ASIN B0C4HYYT6P. From the entry hydro
  • Personally I dislike reaction videos because they seem fake and prewatched.2022 January 17, tony223111, r/DemonSlayerAnime, Reddit, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2024. From the entry prewatch
  • As a fan of West Ham United I’m always looking to legitimise my dislike of Chelsea FC.2015 February 20, Russell Brand, “Let’s kick cold profiteering out of football, along with racism”, in The Guardian (London). From the entry denizen
  • He disliked the new ruling that contestants could only buzz in after Trebek finished reading the clue.2015, David Baber, “Art Fleming”, in Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars, page 101. From the entry buzz in
  • Even residents of Maydena who want to see the Florentine protected dislike the ratbags′ itinerancy.2010, Anna Krien, Into The Woods: The Battle For Tasmania's Forests, page 102. From the entry feral
  • Note that this is different from disliking something, since unliking simply returns you to a neutral state.2009, Ben Zimmer, “On Language: The Age of Undoing”, in The New York Times Magazine, 2009 September 20, page MM8. From the entry unlike
  • Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in The New York Times. From the entry incompetent
  • There had been a long running dislike between Rankin and Grabinsky; neither cut the other any slack.2009, Kenneth M. Haines, The Lion, the Leopard, and the Bear, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry tweeb
  • Wikiphobia arises out of some level of fear or dislike of the wiki.2008, Stewart Mader, Wikipatterns, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry wikiphobia
  • The Beat writers had very different styles and disliked the invented term and pigeonhole forced upon them.2007 September 7, David Mills, “Do we need to keep the Beats in their box?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian…. From the entry pigeonhole
  • But the queer thing was, the sensation of unsafeness, even of dislike, was almost exciting.2006, Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, Virago Press, page 228. From the entry unsafeness
  • As noted earlier in the chapter, the respondents expressed a dislike of "issue fic."2005, Rhiannon Bury, Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online, page 92. From the entry issuefic
  • But no longer would sceptical states be dragged à contrecœur into policies that their people disliked.2004 June 26, Daniel Hannan, “The way ahead for Europe”, in The Spectator, archived from the original on 19 May 2006. From the entry à contrecœur
  • I strongly dislike the idea of calling one of my OFCs "Mary Sue".1999 June 21, Alice in Stonyland [username], “Re: The Ultimate Mary Sue--A Recommendation”, in alt.tv.highlander.creative (Usenet). From the entry ofc
  • While I respect your reasons for disliking Microsoft, you are making the anti Microsoft camp look bad.1997 November 8, John Black, “Re: CONTEST: Who has the best insult for this idiot... (was Re: Gates Of Hell”, in…. From the entry anti-Microsofter
  • Several of the reasons why I dislike MicroSoft altogether are stated below.1995 April 24, Konstantin Boyandin, “Win95 and games: good news...”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022. From the entry compromiseless
  • I have yet to meet a boy who disliked being blown.1993, NAMBLA Bulletin January-February pp. 26-31, quoted in In Loco Parentis: Sexual Abuse of Students in…. From the entry pedophobic
  • They assume that peasants are antimarket, prefer common property to private, and dislike buying and selling.1979, Samuel L. Popkin, The rational peasant: the political economy of rural society in Vietnam. From the entry antimarket

Meaning of dislike

  1. noun An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
  2. noun Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).
  3. noun An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Full definition of dislike

Questions about dislike in a sentence

How do you use dislike in a sentence?
Dislike is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Tell me your likes and dislikes.”
What is a short sentence with dislike?
“Tell me your likes and dislikes.”
What does dislike mean?
Dislike means an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dislike (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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