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Webster 1913 Edition
dislike
dis-like′
,Noun.
1.
A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; – the opposite of liking or fondness.
God’s grace . . . gives him continual
dislike
to sin. Hammond.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique,
The obvious satire, or implied
The obvious satire, or implied
dislike
. Hannah More.
We have spoken of the
dislike
of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley.
His
dislike
of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.
Syn. – Distaste; disinclination; disapprobation; disfavor; disaffection; displeasure; disrelish; aversion; reluctance; repugnance; disgust; antipathy. –
Dislike
, Aversion
, Reluctance
, Repugnance
, Disgust
, Antipathy
. Dislike is the more general term, applicable to both persons and things and arising either from feeling or judgment. It may mean little more than want of positive liking; but antipathy, repugnance, disgust, and aversion are more intense phases of dislike. Aversion denotes a fixed and habitual dislike; as, an
. Reluctance and repugnance denote a mental strife or hostility something proposed (repugnance being the stronger); aversion
to or for businessas, a
. Disgust is repugnance either of taste or moral feeling; reluctance
to make the necessary sacrifices, and a repugnance
to the submission requiredas, a
. Antipathy is primarily an instinctive feeling of dislike of a thing, such as most persons feel for a snake. When used figuratively, it denotes a correspondent dislike for certain persons, modes of acting, etc. Men have an aversion to what breaks in upon their habits; a reluctance and repugnance to what crosses their will; a disgust at what offends their sensibilities; and are often governed by antipathies for which they can give no good reason. disgust
at gross exhibitions of selfishnessWebster 1828 Edition
Dislike
DISLIKE
,Noun.
1.
Disapprobation; disinclination; displeasure; aversion; a moderate degree of hatred. A man shows his dislike to measures which he disapproves, to a proposal which he is disinclined to accept, and to food which he does not relish. All wise and good men manifest their dislike to folly.2.
Discord; disagreement. [Not in use.]DISLIKE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To disapprove; to regard with some aversion or displeasure. We dislike proceedings which we deem wrong; we dislike persons of evil habit; we dislike whatever gives us pain.2.
To disrelish; to regard with some disgust; as, to dislike particular kinds of food.