Meanings
plural dislikes
- An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated.
1957 February 28, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96 - plural normallySomething that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).
Tell me your likes and dislikes.
- InternetAn individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
present singular third person dislikes · participle present disliking · participle past disliked · past disliked · first person past singular disliked · archaic present second person singular dislikest · past second person singular disliked · archaic past second person singular dislikedst · present singular third person dislikes · archaic present singular third person disliketh · past singular third person disliked · past plural disliked · past subjunctive disliked · participle present disliking · participle past disliked
- obsoletetransitiveTo displease; to offend. In third-person only.First known use 16th–19th c.
customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike [translating desplaisent] me, as instruct me[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC - transitiveTo have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.First known use 16th c.
In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.
1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800 - InternetTo 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كَرِهَ
- كَرِهَ (kariha)not to like something
Bulgarian антипа́тия, неприя́зън
- антипа́тия (antipátija)feeling of distaste
- неприя́зън (neprijázăn)feeling of distaste
- не харе́свам (ne harésvam)not to like something
Catalan aversió, disgust
- aversiófeeling of distaste
- disgustfeeling of distaste
- antipatiafeeling of distaste
- no m'agradaInternet interaction
- desagradarnot to like something
- no agradarnot to like something
Chinese Mandarin 煩惡 /烦恶, 厭惡 /厌恶
- 煩惡 /烦恶 (fánwù)feeling of distaste
- 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù)feeling of distaste
- 嫌惡 /嫌恶 (xiánwù)feeling of distaste
- 不喜愛 /不喜爱 (bù xǐ'ài)not to like something
- 不喜歡 /不喜欢 (bù xǐhuan)not to like something
- 嫌 (xián)not to like something
- 討厭 /讨厌 (tǎoyàn)not to like something
- 憝 (duì)not to like something
- 反感 (fǎngǎn)not to like something
Czech nemít rád
- nemít rádnot to like something
Dutch een hekel hebben aan, het land hebben aan
- een hekel hebben aannot to like something
- het land hebben aannot to like something
Esperanto malŝato, malŝati
- malŝatofeeling of distaste
- malŝatinot to like something
- malaminot to like something
Finnish inho, vastenmielisyys
- inhofeeling of distaste
- vastenmielisyysfeeling of distaste
- ei pitää (jostakin)not to like something
French antipathie, ne pas aimer
- antipathiefeeling of distaste
- ne pas aimernot to like something
German Unbehagen, ablehnen
- Unbehagenfeeling of distaste
- ablehnennot to like something
Greek αντιπάθεια, αντιπαθώ
- αντιπάθεια (antipátheia)feeling of distaste
- αντιπαθώ (antipathó)not to like something
Hindi नफ़रत, नापसंद करना
- नफ़रत (nafrat)feeling of distaste
- नापसंद करना (nāpsand karnā)not to like something
Hungarian ellenszenv, idegenkedés
- ellenszenvfeeling of distaste
- idegenkedésfeeling of distaste
- ellenérzésfeeling of distaste
- nemtetszésfeeling of distaste
- nem szeretnot to like something
- idegenkediknot to like something
Irish snamh, antoil
- snamhfeeling of distaste
- antoilfeeling of distaste
Italian antipatia, avversione
- antipatiafeeling of distaste
- avversionefeeling of distaste
- non piacersinot to like something
Japanese 厭悪, 嫌悪
- 厭悪 (en'o)feeling of distaste
- 嫌悪 (ken'o)feeling of distaste
- ヤダネ! (yada ne!)Internet interaction
- やだね! (yada ne!)Internet interaction
- 嫌う (kirau)not to like something
- 厭う (itou)not to like something
- 嫌い (kirai)not to like something
Korean 염오, 혐오
- 염오 (yeomo)feeling of distaste
- 혐오 (hyeomo)feeling of distaste
- 싫어요 (sireoyo)Internet interaction
- 싫어하다 (sireohada)not to like something
- 미워하다 (miwohada)not to like something
Latin odi, odio
- odinot to like something
- odionot to like something
Māori huru, hoto
- hurunot to like something
- hotonot to like something
- wainamunot to like something
- kiripironot to like something
Norwegian mislike
- mislikenot to like something
Polish nie lubić
- nie lubićnot to like something
Portuguese antipatia, aversão
- antipatiafeeling of distaste
- aversãofeeling of distaste
- descurtidaInternet interaction
- dislikeInternet interaction
- não gostar denot to like something
- desgostar denot to like something
Romanian aversiune, antipatie
- aversiunefeeling of distaste
- antipatiefeeling of distaste
- displăceanot to like something
- nu-i plăceanot to like something
- dezagreanot to like something
Russian неприя́знь, нелюбо́вь
- неприя́знь (neprijáznʹ)feeling of distaste
- нелюбо́вь (neljubóvʹ)feeling of distaste
- антипа́тия (antipátija)feeling of distaste
- дисла́йк (dislájk)Internet interaction
- дизла́йк (dizlájk)Internet interaction
- не люби́ть (ne ljubítʹ)not to like something
- невзлюби́ть (nevzljubítʹ)not to like something
Spanish aversión, disgusto
- aversiónfeeling of distaste
- disgustofeeling of distaste
- antipatíafeeling of distaste
- ojerizafeeling of distaste
- maníafeeling of distaste
- me disgustaInternet interaction
- no me gustaInternet interaction
- desagradarnot to like something
- disgustarnot to like something
- no gustarnot to like something
- tener aversiónnot to like something
- caer malnot to like something
- caer gordonot to like something
- caer pesadonot to like something
Swedish ogilla
- ogillanot to like something
Thai ไม่ชอบ, เขม่น
- ไม่ชอบnot to like something
- เขม่น (kà-mèn)not to like something
Ukrainian неприя́знь, антипа́тія
- неприя́знь (nepryjáznʹ)feeling of distaste
- антипа́тія (antypátija)feeling of distaste
- дисла́йк (dyslájk)Internet interaction
- дизла́йк (dyzlájk)Internet interaction
Urdu ناپسند کرنا
- ناپسند کرنا (nāpsand karnā)not to like something
Vietnamese không ưa, không thích
- không ưanot to like something
- không thíchnot to like something
- ghétnot to like something
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dislike
Cite this entry
dislike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislike
“dislike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dislike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislike.
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