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
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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
"I mislike the tone of your voice, my lo—Imp. I am the Lord of Harrenhal and a member of the king's council, who are you to chastise me like this?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
I am going to have to trust that he will keep his part of the bargain, but I mislike this kind of calculation.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
“I mislike everything about this. If he was going to go to Eldred, he would have done it already.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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
His sister misliked being reminded that he was the King's Hand, and he did not wish to inflame the relations between them any further.
From "A Clash of Kings" 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
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
But having received the lower tire of the Revenge, shifted her selfe with all diligence, utterly misliking her first entertainement.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great San Philip, however, having received the broadside of the Revenge, discharged with cross-bar shot, shifted herself with all diligence from her sides, utterly misliking her first entertainment.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston
But I was in no case to consider liking and misliking.
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
The ordinary Puritan "loved all that were godly, much misliking the wicked and profane."
From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by John Richard Green
The Lady that was young, wise and discrete, marking the maner of hir husband, feared that he had some misliking of hir.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter
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