mislike

[mis-lahyk]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

misliked, misliking 

1. to dislike.

2. to displease.

mislike

/ mɪsˈlaɪk /

verb

1. to dislike

noun

1. dislike or aversion

Other Word Forms

• misliker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mislike¹

before 900; Middle English misliken, Old English mislīcian. See mis- ¹, like ²

Example Sentences

But we know from Elizabeth’s own letters that she wasn’t taken in by Mary’s image: When her cousin implored her to set aside “jealousy and mislike,” Elizabeth wrote that “we wish … She were as innocent therein as she laboreth greatly to beare both us and the world in hand that she is.”

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I mislike to carry no word of him; but I know you shall be rejoiced at the news of our victory.

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"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?"

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"As to that, Father," Dale said, "I mislike these water easks they've given me for Wraith. Green pine. The water will spoil on a voyage of any length."

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"Your people will mislike those words."

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