dislike

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈlaɪk/, /ˈdɪslaɪk/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• 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.

Derived terms

• dislikeful

 

Translations

feeling of distaste

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

  Mandarin: 煩惡／烦恶 (zh) (fánwù), 厭惡／厌恶 (zh) (yànwù), 嫌惡／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), ellenérzés (hu), nemtetszés (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(厭惡) (yeomo), 혐오(嫌惡) (ko) (hyeomo)
• Malayalam: അനിഷ്ടം (ml) (aniṣṭaṁ), ഇഷ്ടക്കേട് (ml) (iṣṭakkēṭŭ)
• 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, ojeriza (es) f, manía (es) f
• Ukrainian: неприя́знь f (nepryjáznʹ), антипа́тія (uk) f (antypátija)

Internet interaction

• Belarusian: дысла́йк m (dyslájk), дызла́йк m (dyzlájk)
• Japanese: ヤダネ (yada ne), やだね (yada ne)
• Korean: 싫어요 (sireoyo)
• Portuguese: descurtida m, dislike (pt) m
• Russian: дисла́йк (ru) m (dislájk), дизла́йк (ru) m (dizlájk)
• Spanish: me disgusta m, no me gusta
• Ukrainian: дисла́йк m (dyslájk), дизла́йк (uk) m (dyzlájk)

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:

     customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike [translating desplaisent] me, as instruct me […].

2. (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]
   • 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:

     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.

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

• disrecommend
• mislike

 

Antonyms

• like

 

Coordinate terms

• hate

 

Derived terms

• dislikable
• dislikee
• dislikeness
• disliker

 

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／讨厌 (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
• Oromo: jibbuu (om)
• Polish: nie lubić
• 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)

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

See also

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• hate
• loathe