NOUN | cognition | dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapproval | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group |
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feeling | dislike | a feeling of aversion or antipathy | |
VERB | emotion | dislike | have or feel a dislike or distaste for |
Sounds | dihslay'k | |
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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. | |
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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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