▪ I. dislike, n.
(dɪsˈlaɪk)
[f. dislike v.]
† 1. Displeasure, disapproval (as directed to some object). (Passing gradually into the mod. sense 2.) to be in dislike with, to be displeased with; so to come or grow into dislike with. Obs.
| 1577 Ld. Buckhurst in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 272 To hazard therby..her Ma. [Majesty's] dislike. 1586 J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinshed II. 16/1 The king being in some dislike with the earle, and not fauourablie allowing his successe..lingered to giue anie answer. 1630 Wadsworth Pilgr. v. 46 This my father hearing, grew into dislike with the Iesuites. 1703 Penn in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 264 A letter from the government, in dislike of such proceedings. 1742 Young Nt. Th. iv. 26 Should any..give his thought Full range, on just dislike's unbounded field. |
2. The contrary feeling to liking or affection for an object; distaste, aversion, repugnance. (Cf. dislike v. 3.)
| 1597 Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxv. (1617) II. 342 As the vsuall..Ceremonies of common life are in request, or dislike, according to that they import. 1644 Digby Nat. Bodies ii. (1645) 139 [It] is attended with annoy & with dislike. 1711 Steele Spect. No. 76 ¶4 Where Men speak Affection in the strongest Terms, and Dislike in the faintest. 1772 Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) I. 56 All vices make men subject to..dislike. 1858 Lytton What will he do? i. xvi, We need not show dislike too coarsely. 1878 Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. 9 Now there is a kind of ignorant dislike and impatience of political economy. |
b. With a and pl. A particular aversion.
| 1614 Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 465 Away with these weake dislikes. 1674 N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. ii. (1677) 175 She [the hawk] is apt to take a dislike, and will never afterwards receive it willingly. 1885 Manch. Exam. 14 May 5/1 All that the Chancellor said about his likes, his dislikes..carefully reported. |
† 3. Disagreement, discord. Obs.
| 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, v. i. 26, I do protest, I haue not sought the day of this dislike. 1606 ― Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 236 My Lord, you feede too much on this dislike. a 1632 Fairfax (J.), A murmur rose that showed dislike among the Christian peers. |
▪ II. † disˈlike, a. Obs.
[f. dis- 10 + like a. Cf. L. dis-similis.]
Unlike, dissimilar, not alike.
| 1596 Bp. Andrewes Serm. II. 82 Two states..there be after death..disjoined in place, dislike in condition. 1596 J. Norden Progr. Pietie (1847) 174 It is so dislike that wedding-garment. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1255 Aristotle..said that the body of harmony is composed of parts dislike, and accordant verily one with another. 1644 Digby Nat. Bodies ii. (1645) 4 That which wee call a like thing is not the same; for in some part it is dislike. |
▪ III. dislike, v.
(dɪsˈlaɪk)
Also 6 -lyke.
[f. dis- 6 + like v.]
The opposite of like v. (q.v.) in its various uses: cf. also mislike.
† 1. trans. (Only in 3rd pers.) To displease, annoy, offend. Obs.
| 1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 91 If the sacred bands of amitye did..dislike thee, why diddest thou praise them? 1581 G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. ii. (1586) 77, I see not how those thinges can dislike you, which commonly like all men. 1604 Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 49 Ile do't, but it dislikes me. a 1619 Daniel Sonn. liv. (R.), Like as the lute delights, or else dislikes, As is his heart that plays upon the same. 1667 Pepys Diary (1877) V. 240 Sir W. Pen's going to sea do dislike the Parliament mightily. 1672 Mede's Wks. Life 31 To do that which may displease or dislike others. 1769 S. Paterson Another Trav. II. 208 If the thing dislikes you, use it accordingly. 1814 Southey Roderick xxv, He drew forth The scymitar..its unaccustom'd shape Disliked him. |
† 2. intr. To be displeased, offended, or dissatisfied (with); to disapprove (of). Obs.
| c 1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 301 God..disliked with the divorce, and liked well of the marriage with Queen Katherine. 1570–6 Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 149 King John disliked much of the choice. 1612 Brinsley Lud. Lit. 18, I cannot iustly dislike of any thing which you haue sayd herein. 1677 Hale Contempl. ii. 211 If you dislike with your success, come no more among them. |
3. trans. Not to like; to regard with aversion; to have an objection to; to disrelish. (The opposite of like v. in its current sense; and so less strong than hate, which is the opposite of love.)
| 1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. iv. (1611) 135 [They] presume all such bad as it pleaseth themselues to dislike. 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. i. ii. 26, I may neither choose whom I would, nor refuse whom I dislike. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 174 A Warlike and Troublesome Nation, apt to dislike Government, Proud and Brave. 1775 Burke Corr. (1844) II. 18 There are many things amongst most of them, which I rather dislike than dare to condemn. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 177 He disliked the Puritans indeed, but in him dislike was a languid feeling, very little resembling the energetic hatred which burned in the heart of Laud. 1873 Black Pr. Thule (1874) 36 He disliked losing a few shillings at billiards, but he did not mind losing a few pounds. |
† b. To show or express aversion to. Obs.
| 1603 Shakes. Meas. for M. i. ii. 18, I neuer heard any Souldier dislike it. 1641 Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 61 Neer their death..they plainely dislik'd and condemn'd the Ceremonies..as foolish and detestable. 1667 ― P.L. i. 102 Innumerable force of Spirits arm'd That durst dislike his reign. |
Hence disˈliked ppl. a.
| 1632 Sherwood, Disliked, desgousté. 1892 M{supc}Crie Worship Presbyt. Scot. 162 A popularly disliked episcopacy. |