dislikeverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈslaɪk/us/dɪˈslaɪk/B1 to not like someone or something:
Why do you dislike her so much?
[ + -ing verb ] I dislike walking and I hate camping.
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- I have always disliked that feeling of fullness after a large meal.
- She disliked the president, whom she once described as an 'insufferable bore'.
- The producer disliked the script and said it must be rewritten.
- He dislikes any kind of physical contact - he doesn't even like to shake your hand.
- I can't imagine why she became a teacher because she obviously dislikes children intensely!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- antipathy
- averse
- hate
- hate sb's guts idiom
- have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- have it in for sb idiom
- leave
- not take kindly to sth idiom
- phobic
- problem
- put
- put sb off (sth/sb)
- see sth in sb/sth
- take against sb
- thing
- turn
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dislikenoun
uk/dɪˈslaɪk/us/dɪˈslaɪk/B2 [ S or U ] a feeling of not liking something or someone:
She has a dislike of cold weather.
Dad took an instant dislike to my new boyfriend.
B1 [ C usually plural ] something that you do not like:
His main dislikes about work are the noise and dust in the factory.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feelings of dislike and hatred
- abhorrence
- abomination
- anathema
- animosity
- animus
- disdain
- disfavour
- disgust
- distaste
- enmity
- ill will
- loathing
- misandry
- misanthrope
- misanthropic
- repulsion
- sore point
- technophobe
- virulence
- vitriol
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