dislike

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ like.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈlaɪk/

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• Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

dislike (plural dislikes)

1. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

Translations

feeling of distaste

• Bulgarian: антипатия (bg) (antipatija) f, неприязън (bg) (neprijazǎn) f
• Chinese:

  CJKV Characters: 厭, 惡

  Mandarin: 煩惡 (cmn), 烦恶 (cmn) (fánwù), 厭惡 (cmn), 厌恶 (cmn) (yànwù), 嫌惡 (cmn), 嫌恶 (cmn) (xiánwù)

• Finnish: inho (fi), vastenmielisyys (fi)
• French: antipathie (fr) f
• German: Unbehagen (de) n
• Hindi: नफ़रत (hi) (nafrat) f

• Hungarian: ellenszenv, idegenkedés
• Italian: antipatia (it) f, avversione (it) f
• Japanese: 厭悪 (ja) (えんお, en'o), 嫌悪 (ja) (けんお, ken'o)
• Portuguese: antipatia (pt) f, aversão (pt) f
• Romanian: aversiune (ro) f, antipatie (ro) f
• Russian: неприязнь (ru) (neprijázn’) f, нелюбовь (ru) (neljubóv’) f, антипатия (ru) (antipátija) f
• Sicilian: malusangu m
• Spanish: aversión (es) f

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, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:

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

2. (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Antonyms

• like

Translations

not to like something

• American Sign Language: Open8@NearChest-PalmBack 8@NearChest-PalmBack Claw5@FromChest-PalmDown
• Arabic: كره (ar) (kariha)
• Bulgarian: не харесвам (bg) (ne haresvam)
• Catalan: no agradar, avorrir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不喜愛 (cmn), 不喜爱 (cmn) (bù xǐ'ài), 不喜歡 (cmn), 不喜欢 (cmn) (bù xǐhuan), 嫌 (cmn) (xián), 憝 (cmn) (duì), 反感 (cmn) (fǎngǎn)

• Czech: nemít rád (cs)
• Dutch: een hekel hebben aan (nl), (archaic) het land hebben aan
• Esperanto: malŝati (eo)
• French: ne pas aimer

• German: ablehnen (de)
• Hindi: नापसंद करना (hi) (nāpasand karnā)
• Hungarian: nem szeret, idegenkedik
• Italian: non piacersi
• Japanese: 嫌う (ja) (きらう, kirau), 否む (ja) (いやむ, iyamu), 嫌い (ja) (きらい, kirai) (used as an adjective)
• Latin: odi (la), odio (la)
• Portuguese: não gostar de
• Romanian: displăcea (ro), nu-i plăcea
• Russian: не любить (ne ljubít’), невзлюбить (ru) (nevzljubít')
• Spanish: desagradar (es), no gustar (es), tener aversión
• Telugu: అయిష్టత (te) (ayishTata), అయిష్టము (te) (ayishTamu)
• Urdu: ناپسند کرنا (ur) (nāpasand karnā)

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• Telugu: అయిష్టత (ayishTata), అయిష్టము (ayishTamu)

See also

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• hate
• loathe