mislike
Americanverb (used with object)
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to dislike.
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to displease.
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of mislike
before 900; Middle English misliken, Old English mislīcian. See mis- 1, like 2
Example Sentences
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Rats mislike loud noises, as many a laboratory worker knows.
From Time Magazine Archive
With young men and maidens, too, the parson hath his problems: for if from them he hold aloof, they mislike him much.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a ’ard, cold look and red eyes, and I took a sort of mislike to him, for it seemed as if it was ’im as they was hirritated at.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
"Dark's falling, and there's something in the smell o' the night that I mislike."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
I mislike to carry no word of him; but I know you shall be rejoiced at the news of our victory.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
But it was much misliked by Nehru and other Congress leaders: they feared Moslem secession, cried that Indian unity should not be destroyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ser Jacelyn Bywater was likely here by now, and Ironhand misliked waiting.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
In truth, Ned did not trust the mute knight, though perhaps that was only because he misliked executioners.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Davos misliked the sound of that, but he had not come all this way to hold his tongue.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Yet for all that, Catelyn misliked the man.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
But having received the lower tire of the Revenge, shifted her selfe with all diligence, utterly misliking her first entertainement.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he had sown a seed of misliking, and it had opportunity to ripen.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
As to their misliking me, I have no fault to find with them for that.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
And when I am called from him I fall on weeping, because whatsoever else I do but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy
But the great San Philip, having received the lower tier of the Revenge, shifted herself with all diligence from her sides, utterly misliking her first entertainment.
From Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc by Belloc, Hilaire
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