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
- 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
- abhor
- abominate
- antipathize
- avoid
- be allergic to
- be averse to
- be turned off to
- bear malice toward
- condemn
- contemn
- deplore
- despise
- detest
- disapprove
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disrelish
- eschew
- execrate
- grossed out on
- have hard feelings
- have no stomach for
- have no taste for
- loathe
- look down on
- lose interest in
- make faces at
- mind
- not appreciate
- not care for
- not endure
- not feel like
- not take kindly to
- object to
- regret
- resent
- scorn
- shudder at
- shun
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