▪ I. misˈlike, n.
[f. mislike v.]
† 1. = misliking vbl. n. 1. Obs.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 9907 Þis castel es o luue and grace [9881]..Wit mislik sal he neuer be ledd, Þe man þat þiderwerd es fledd. |
2. Want of affection; dislike (of), distaste (for), objection (to). † to grow in mislike of: to become unpopular with. Now rare.
| a 1569 A. Kingsmill Confl. w. Satan (1578) 54 As a man that swaloweth a most pleasant drinke without any mislike of taste. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1275/2 He grew in mislike of the nobilitie in continuall prouoking them to anger. 1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. i. 24 1605 Marston Dutch Courtezan ii. i. B 3 b, O let not my secure simplicity, breed your mislike. 1645 Ussher Body Div. (1647) 284 When the party withdraweth itselfe, in mislike, or loathsomness. 1845–6 Trench Huls. Lect. Ser. i. vii. 112 Julian's mislike of the rising faith. 1885–94 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche Feb. xxi, The goddess, whose mislike had birth From too great honour paid the bride on earth. |
b. With a and pl.
| 1557 North Gueuara's Diall Pr. (1619) Prol. i. ¶2 What envie doth hee expose himselfe to, and multitude of mislikes, that hath the charge of governing others? 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. i. 84 Upon a mislike that they tooke to him..they deprive him of his Empire. 1620 E. Blount Horæ Subs. 222 Dispraising will nourish a mislike of such things, as deserue commendations. |
† 3. Disaffection, disagreement, dissension. Obs.
| a 1586 Sidney Arcadia ii. xxvi. (1590) 218 The mislike growne among themselues did wel allay the heat against her. 1590 Act Privy Council (1899) XIX. 300 [This] may breed a general murmure and mislyke amongst the rest. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs Flanders 75 Greater mislikes arising among the citizens, they came to blows. |
† 4. Wasting or consumption in animals or plants; sickliness, disease. Obs.
| 1552 Huloet, s.v. Mislykinge, Tabidus, he that is in a mislyke. 1613 Markham Eng. Husbandman i. ii. iii. (1635) 132 [If] you finde a certain mislike or consumption in the plant. 1614 ― Cheap Husb. 92 Of Leannesse, Mislike, Scurfe, and Manginesse in Swine. 1622 R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 49, I never have seene any man to whom they have bred mis-like, or done hurt with eating much of them. |
▪ II. † misˈlike, a. Obs. rare.
[mis-1 7.]
Unlike.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 122/40 Mislike, dissimilis. 1597 A. M. tr Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 22/2 Small sproutes, not mislike vnto the feet of the fishe Purpura. |
▪ III. misˈlike, v.
Now chiefly literary or dial. [OE. misl{iacu}cian = OHG., MHG. misselîchên, ON. misl{iacu}ka: see mis-1 1 and like v.1]
1. trans. To be displeasing to; to displease, offend. Orig. const. dative († occas. in ME. with to).
| c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xxi. 158 Ðonne eow misliciað ða medtrymnessa þe ᵹe on oðrum monnum ᵹesioð. c 1000 ælfric Exod. xxi. 8 Gif heo mislicað þam hlaforde, forlæte hiᵹ. c 1200 Ormin 18287, & tiss maȝȝ þe full innwarrdliȝ Misslikenn. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1728 Ðo saȝ laban ðat iacob bi-gat Michil, and him mislikede ðat. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 173, I trowe þe Sarazins our comyng mislikes. 138. Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 395 If it myslike to þis pope. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iii. viii. 55 To be wroken vppon tho that aught haue mysliked them. 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 63 The daie of S. Stephen old fathers did vse: if that doe mislike thee some other daie chuse. 1585–7 T. Rogers 39 Art. vi. (1625) 32 Against them which..deface and put out such texts as mislike them. 1870 Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 275 Because the Gods are wise, and thriftless deed Mislikes them. 1874 Pusey Lent. Serm. 56 If thou thinkest that thou..mayest take what thou likest, and leave what mislikes thee. |
| absol. a 1250 Owl & Night. 344 For harpe & pipe & foweles song Mislikeþ if hit is to long. 1603 Drayton Heroic. Ep. iv. (1619) 34 That pleaseth well, and This as much mislikes. |
† b. To be out of harmony with. Obs.
Perhaps a distinct word f. like a. or like v.2
| c 1470 Henry Wallace xi. 1261 Bot a fyr brand in his for⁓heid he bayr, And than him thocht it myslikyt all the lawe [ed. 1570 And yat him thocht myslykit all the laif]. |
† 2. intr. To be displeased; in ME. also, to be troubled or uneasy (cf. misliking vbl. n. 1). Obs.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 2513 Abram was þen ful mislikand Quen he herd þan o þis tyþand. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2417 Now gynnes Leyr to myslyke. c 1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 534 And knyghts and swiers war ful fayne, Mysliked none bot syr Ywayne. c 1585 Faire Em iii. 832 The repair of those gentlemen to your house hath given me great occasion to mislike. 1592 Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xlii. 183 First they mislike, yeat at the length for lucar were mislead. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iv. iii. (1651) 147 When the intrals were opened, and a noysome savour offended her nose, she much misliked. 1642 Milton Apol. Smect. 14 They made sport, and I laught, they mispronounc't and I mislik't. |
† b. To be displeased with or at; to disapprove of. Obs.
| c 1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 58 Who..would most highly mislike of this divorce. 1577 Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1663) 234 It was not because we misliked with that form of faith. 1578 Roydon in T. P[roctor] Gorgious Gallery A ij b, [He] scofte at this, and did mislike at that. a 1591 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 410 Lest Agrippa should goe back and mislike with his boldness and say no. |
† c. with clause or inf. Obs.
| 1539 Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 178, I mislike that thambassadour sayeth he shal not retourne. a 1586 Sidney Arcadia ii. (1629) 175 Misliking much such violence should bee offred..to men of our ranke. 1618 Dalton Countr. Just. lxix. (1630) 168 If the party shall mislike to be..bound to the peace. a 1656 Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 397 They misliked that any such Form should be forced upon them. |
3. trans. To be displeased or offended at; to disapprove of; to dislike.
| 1513 More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 778 That he much mislyked these two seuerall counsayles. 1547–8 Ordre of Commvnion 2 Wee would not haue our subiectes, so muche to mislike our iudgment. 1593 Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, i. i. 140 'Tis not my speeches that you do mislike: But 'tis my presence that doth trouble ye. 1611 Bible Trans. Pref. ¶11 If we..doe endeuour to make that better which they left so good; no man, we are sure, hath cause to mislike vs. a 1634 Chapman Alphonsus Plays 1873 III. 219 If she mislike the kiss I'l take it off agen with such an other. 1722 De Foe Relig. Courtsh. i. i. (1840) 9 She cannot mislike him. 1815 M. Edgeworth Love & Law ii. ii, That daughter will..choose the very man her father mislikes. 1878 Gladstone Glean. (1879) I. 208 They mistrust and mislike the centralisation of power. |
| transf. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 95 It misliketh not a moist grauell ground. |
† 4. To take sinful pleasure in (something). rare—1.
| c 1200 in O. E. Hom. I. 305 Ich habbe..Misiliket swote smelles. |
† 5. intr. To grow sickly or unhealthy; to waste away. (Cf. like v.1 4.) Obs.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 515 Yf that the fruyte myslike and from hem falle. 1552 Huloet, Mislyken in the bodye..tabe laborare. 1601 Holland Pliny II. xx. xi, If a man perceive that the fish..do mislike and grow sickly. 1606 ― Sueton. 211 The tree..did mislike and die. |
Hence misliked ppl. a., offended.
| 1641 Smectymnuus Answ. i. (1653) 3 Misliked Persons? and why not offending persons? 1680 Baxter Cath. Commun. (1684) 23 When I excluded his misliked sense. |