| NOUN | cognition | dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapproval | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group |
|---|---|---|---|
| feeling | dislike | a feeling of aversion or antipathy | |
| VERB | emotion | dislike | have or feel a dislike or distaste for |
| Sounds | dihslay'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alike ... wormlike: 58 rhymes with ayk... | |
| Meaning | An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. | |
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| Synonyms | disfavor, disfavour, disapproval | |
| Narrower | doghouse | An idiomatic term for being in disfavor |
| reprobation | severe disapproval | |
| Broader | inclination, disposition, tendency | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| Spanish | desaprobación | |
| Catalan | desaprovació | |
| Meaning | A feeling of aversion or antipathy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "my dislike of him was instinctive" | |
| Narrower | Anglophobia | dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs |
| alienation, disaffection, estrangement | The feeling of being alienated from other people | |
| antagonism | An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility | |
| antipathy, aversion, distaste | A feeling of intense dislike | |
| contempt, disdain, scorn, despite | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | |
| creepy-crawlies | Feelings of dislike and anxiety | |
| disapproval | A feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing | |
| disgust | Strong feelings of dislike | |
| disinclination | That toward which you are inclined to feel dislike | |
| scunner | A strong dislike | |
| technophobia | dislike for new technology | |
| unfriendliness | dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness | |
| Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
| Opposite | liking | A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment |
| Spanish | antipatía, asco, aversión, desagrado, disgusto | |
| Catalan | antipatia, desgrat, tírria | |
| Verbs | dislike | have or feel a dislike or distaste for |
| Meaning | Have or feel a dislike or distaste for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s INFINITIVE | |
| Model | Sam cannot dislike Sue; Sam and Sue dislike the movie | |
| Example | "I really dislike this salesman" | |
| Entails | disapprove | Consider bad / bad or wrong |
| Caused by | displease | Give displeasure to |
| Narrower | hate, detest | dislike intensely |
| resent | Feel bitter or indignant about | |
| Opposite | like | Find enjoyable or agreeable |
| Spanish | desagradar, detestar | |
| Catalan | desagradar, detestar | |
| Nouns | dislike | a feeling of aversion or antipathy |
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