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Synonyms for dislike
dɪsˈlaɪkdis·like
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dislike
Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful."
Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.Synonyms:
abhor, abominate, despise, detest, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shunAntonyms:
admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish
Princeton's WordNet
disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapprovalnoun
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
Synonyms:
disfavour, disapproval, disfavordislikeverb
a feeling of aversion or antipathy
"my dislike of him was instinctive"
Synonyms:
disfavour, disapproval, disfavordislikeverb
have or feel a dislike or distaste for
"I really dislike this salesman"
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hate
i dislike bananas.
Submitted by Jbmorrisii on April 20, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dislikenoun
Synonyms:
disinclination, aversion, distaste, disrelish, antipathy, repugnance, displeasure, disgustdislikeverb
Synonyms:
disrelish, have an aversion to
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dislikenoun
Synonyms:
aversion, antipathy, disrelish, disapproval, hatred, disaffectiondislikeverb
Synonyms:
disapprove, disrelish, hate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3527 | hate | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#29456 | aversion | |
#31276 | despise | |
#31524 | shun | |
#32649 | disapproval | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#48141 | displeasure | |
#49384 | loathe | |
#69016 | detest | |
#73795 | abhor | |
#78152 | antipathy | |
#103154 | abhorrence | |
#131547 | disfavor | |
#255157 | disfavour |
How to use dislike in a sentence?
I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly.
But what you would hope is that they could at least trust Washington. You can dislike but still hope, you could see a return of the security moms of 2004 because, yes, the economy is critically important, but if you do not feel secure, that’s your first priority.
If you lifted the birth restrictions universally, they'd lose their justification for tightening birth control policies against specific sectors of Chinese society that they dislike.
The Glazers say they want to rebuild the trust but they never had the trust of the supporters. I think (the protests are) a warning to the owners of the football club that ultimately they’re not going to accept what they’ve done in the last couple of weeks, this is a consequence of the Manchester United owners’ actions two weeks ago. There is a general distrust and dislike of the owners, but they weren’t protesting two or three weeks ago.
To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.
Translations for dislike
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- كرهArabic
- антипа́тия, неприя́зън, [[не]] [[харе́свам]]Bulgarian
- nemít rádCzech
- ablehnen, UnbehagenGerman
- malŝatiEsperanto
- desagradar, [[no]] [[gustar]], aversiónSpanish
- vastenmielisyys, inhoFinnish
- [[ne]] [[pas]] [[aimer]], antipathieFrench
- नफ़रत, नापसंद करनाHindi
- ellenszenv, idegenkedés, idegenkedik, nem szeretHungarian
- avversione, antipatia, [[non]] [[piacersi]]Italian
- 嫌悪, 否む, 嫌い, 厭悪, 嫌うJapanese
- 싫어하다, 미워하다Korean
- odi, odioLatin
- het land hebben aan, een hekel hebben aanDutch
- [[não]] [[gostar]] [[de]], [[desgostar]] [[de]], não gosta, aversão, antipatiaPortuguese
- antipatie, [[nu]]-i [[plăcea]], displăcea, aversiuneRomanian
- неприя́знь, нелюбо́вь, [[не]] [[люби́ть]], невзлюби́ть, антипа́тияRussian
- ogillaSwedish
- வெறுப்புTamil
- అయిష్టము, అయిష్టతTelugu
- ไม่ชอบThai
- ناپسند کرناUrdu
- ghét, [[không]] [[ưa]], [[không]] [[thích]]Vietnamese
- אויבזאָהטzenYiddish
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