dislike

Plural: dislikes

Noun

• an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
• a feeling of aversion or antipathy
  • "my dislike of him was instinctive"
• An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
• Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).
• An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Verb

Verb Forms: disliked, disliking, dislikes

• To regard with aversion; to find unpleasant or objectionable.
• have or feel a dislike or distaste for
  • "I really dislike this salesman"
• To displease; to offend. In third-person only.
• To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
• To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Examples

• Most players dislike getting a rack full of only vowels or consonants.
• Rebecca Black's "Friday" video has gained notoriety for being one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history.
• Tell me your likes and dislikes.

Synonyms

disapproval, disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disrecommend, disrelish, mind, mislike, misrelish, object to, stomach

Antonyms

like, liking

Related Words

abhor, avoid, despise, detest, hate, loathe, shun