disliking

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dislike +‎ -ing.

Noun[edit]

disliking (plural dislikings)

  1. gerund of dislike: a dislike.
    • 1859, John Stuart Mill, “Introductory”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 17:
      The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

Verb[edit]

disliking

  1. present participle and gerund of dislike
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