dislike

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈlaɪk/, /ˈdɪslaɪk/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

dislike (plural dislikes)

1. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
2. (usually in the plural) Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).

   Tell me your likes and dislikes.

3. (Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Translations

feeling of distaste

• Bulgarian: антипа́тия (bg) f (antipátija), неприя́зън (bg) f (neprijázǎn)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: inho (fi), vastenmielisyys (fi)
• French: antipathie (fr) f
• German: Unbehagen (de) n
• Greek: αντιπάθεια (el) f (antipátheia)
• Hindi: नफ़रत f (nafrat)
• Hungarian: ellenszenv (hu), idegenkedés (hu)

• Irish: snamh m, antoil f
• Italian: antipatia (it) f, avversione (it) f
• Japanese: 厭悪 (ja) (えんお, en'o), 嫌悪 (ja) (けんお, ken'o)
• Korean: 염오 (yeomo), 혐오 (ko) (hyeomo)
• Portuguese: antipatia (pt) f, aversão (pt) f
• Romanian: aversiune (ro) f, antipatie (ro) f
• Russian: неприя́знь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ), нелюбо́вь (ru) f (neljubóvʹ), антипа́тия (ru) f (antipátija)
• Sanskrit: द्वेषस् (sa) n (dveṣas)
• Sicilian: malusangu m
• Spanish: aversión (es) f, disgusto (es) m, antipatía (es) f
• Ukrainian: неприя́знь f (nepryjáznʹ), антипа́тія (uk) f (antypátija)

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, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     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.]
3. (Internet) 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.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Synonyms

• mislike
• hate
• disrecommend

Antonyms

• like

Translations

not to like something

• American Sign Language: Open8@NearChest-PalmBack 8@NearChest-PalmBack Claw5@FromChest-PalmDown
• Arabic: كَرِهَ‎ (kariha)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: не харе́свам (ne harésvam)
• Catalan: desagradar (ca), no agradar
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: nemít rád
• Dutch: een hekel hebben aan, (archaic) het land hebben aan
• Esperanto: malŝati, malami (eo)
• Finnish: ei pitää (jostakin)
• French: ne pas aimer
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: ablehnen (de)
• Greek: αντιπαθώ (el) (antipathó)
• Hindi: नापसंद करना (nāpsand karnā)
• Hungarian: nem szeret, idegenkedik (hu)
• Italian: non piacersi

• Japanese: 嫌う (ja) (きらう, kirau), 厭う (ja) (いとう, itou), 嫌い (ja) (きらい, kirai) (used as an adjective)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 싫어하다 (ko) (sireohada), 미워하다 (ko) (miwohada)
• Latin: odi, odio
• Maori: huru, hoto, wainamu (refers to particular foods and drink), kiripiro
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: mislike
• Portuguese: não gostar de, desgostar de
• Romanian: displăcea (ro), nu-i plăcea, dezagrea (rare)
• Russian: не люби́ть impf (ne ljubítʹ), невзлюби́ть (ru) pf (nevzljubítʹ)
• Spanish: desagradar (es), no gustar, tener aversión (es)
• Swedish: ogilla (sv)
• Telugu: అయిష్టత (ayiṣṭata), అయిష్టము (te) (ayiṣṭamu)
• Thai: ไม่ชอบ
• Urdu: ناپسند کرنا‎ (nāpsand karnā)
• Vietnamese: không ưa, không thích, ghét (vi)
• Westrobothnian: misshögas

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అయిష్టత (ayiṣṭata), ^{(please verify)} అయిష్టము (te) (ayiṣṭamu)

See also

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• hate
• loathe