dislike
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dislike (plural dislikes)
- An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
- (usually in the plural) Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).
- Tell me your likes and dislikes.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
TranslationsEdit
feeling of distaste
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VerbEdit
dislike (third-person singular simple present dislikes, present participle disliking, simple past and past participle disliked)
- (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 [translating desplaisent] me, as instruct me […].
- (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]
- (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 notesEdit
- 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
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TranslationsEdit
not to like something
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