▪ I. misˈliking, vbl. n.
[mis-1 3.]
† 1. The opposite of pleasure; discomfort, uneasiness; unhappiness, trouble. Obs.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 180 Vttre uondunge is hwarof cumeð likunge oðer mislikunge, wiðuten oðer wiðinnen. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 8319 Þat na mare grevance salle þou fele, Ne na mare payne have, ne myslykyng. 1375 Barbour Bruce iii. 516 Gretyng Cummys to men for mysliking. 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 877 Na mysliking haue in hart, nor haue ye na dout. 1496 Dives & Pauper (W. de W.) i. xliii. 84/2 Somtyme dremes come..of myslykynge that man hath whan he is wakyng. a 1568 R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 47 What soeuer I [sc. Lady Jane Grey] do els, but learning, is ful of grief, trouble, feare, and whole misliking vnto me. a 1600 T. Tymme Silver Watch-bell i. (1630) 10 The Peacock..with great misliking, vaileth his top-gallant, & seemeth to sorrow. |
† 2. Displeasure; indignation. Obs.
| a 1300 E. E. Psalter lxxvii. 49 He sent in þam wreth of his mis-likynge [L. indignationem]. 1587 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. IV. 209 To his Hienes mislykeing and miscontentment. 1592 Stow Ann. 287 Going forth with the Bishop, til they came to Windsore, he entred the Castle, to the great misliking of the Bishoppe. |
3. Dislike (of); aversion.
| a 1568 R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 147 This mislikyng of Ryming, beginneth not now of any newfangle singularitie. 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. i. ix. 33 Their wish importeth a..misliking of all Festivall dayes besides the Lords day. 1638 Sidney's Arcadia ii. 197 Particular mens likings and mislikings [edd. 1590, 1629 dislikings]. 1709 Strype Ann. Ref. I. xl. 409 Yet her Majesty inwardly to the Secretary, and other her Counsillors, shewed much Misliking. 1866 Howells Venetian Life xi. 146 His own little learning has made him mistrust his natural likings and mislikings. 1891 Tablet 7 Feb. 210 The prevalent misliking of dogmatic and traditional conclusions. |
† 4. Mutual disaffection, dissension. Obs.
| 1564 in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 197 Whether you understande there by anye suche mislikinge betwene them or not. 1589 Cooper Admon. 155 By defaming and slandering, he bringeth the parties in hatred and misliking. |
† 5. = mislike n. 4. Obs.
| 1552 Huloet, Mislikynge in the body, tabes. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 539 That manner of Blasting or misliking called Sideratio. Ibid. II. 317 In case of misliking when the habit of the body receiueth no benefit by food. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farm ii. liv. 302 They [sc. citron trees] fall..into mislikings and diseases. |
▪ II. misˈliking, ppl. a.
[mis-1 2.]
In senses of the verb. † a. Unpleasant. † b. Disaffected. † c. Sickly.
| 1477 Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm (1652) 70 Odours misliking, as Aloes and Sulphure. 1586 Earl of Leicester Corr. (Camden) 385 That such a man should carye a misliking mind. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 504 The blackish, misliking, and vnkind herbs growing thereupon. |
Hence misˈlikingly adv., with dislike.
| 1882 J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xviii, Having previously determined to shake his head mislikingly. |