Antonyms for disliking

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dis-lahyk

Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈlaɪk

Definition of disliking

Origin : 1540s (implied in disliking), hybrid which ousted native mislike as the opposite of like. Related: Disliked; disliking. English in 16c. also had the excellent dislove "hate, cease to love," but it did not survive.

verb be antagonistic toward something; hate

Example sentences :

They made him a midshipman; but, disliking the sea, he was determined to go to America.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Forrester turned, knowing exactly what to expect, and disliking it in advance.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

She has some reason, or she thinks she has, for disliking him, as she calls it.
Extract from : « Adam Johnstone's Son » by F. Marion Crawford

What is dangerous is disliking a thing when we know what it is.
Extract from : « Gilbert Keith Chesterton » by Patrick Braybrooke

Whistler, while disliking his art, was wont to wish he had been his pupil.
Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey

Then I was not unjust, father, in thinking ill of the man and disliking him.
Extract from : « The Black Tor » by George Manville Fenn

Did the bookkeeper have any other reasons for disliking you?
Extract from : « Chester Rand » by Horatio Alger, Jr

It was a wonder to me how Jack would persist in disliking this fellow.
Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed

He has another reason for disliking you, but of that by-and-by.
Extract from : « Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships » by W.H.G. Kingston

What I value is the pleasantness of the man and not his liking or disliking for myself.
Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for disliking

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019