Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Dislike

/dĭs-līk'/ · Dis·like · IPA /dɪsˈlaɪk/

01 v. t. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

imp. & p. p. Disliked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disliking

1.
To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.
“Every nation dislikes an impost.” — Johnson.
2.
To awaken dislike in; to displease.

02 n. A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; disple…

1.
A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.
“God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin.” — Hammond.

“The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike.” — Hannah More.

“We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox.” — J. Morley.

“His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories.” — A. W. Ward.
2.
Discord; dissension.[Obs.]

Syn. Distaste; disinclination; disapprobation; disfavor; disaffection; displeasure; disrelish; aversion; reluctance; repugnance; disgust; antipathy. -- Dislike, Aversion, Reluctance, Repugnance, Disgust, Antipathy. Dislike is the more general term, applicable to both persons and things and arising either from feeling or judgment. It may mean little more than want of positive liking; but antipathy, repugnance, disgust, and aversion are more intense phases of dislike. Aversion denotes a fixed and habitual dislike; as, an aversion to or for business. Reluctance and repugnance denote a mental strife or hostility something proposed (repugnance being the stronger); as, a reluctance to make the necessary sacrifices, and a repugnance to the submission required. Disgust is repugnance either of taste or moral feeling; as, a disgust at gross exhibitions of selfishness. Antipathy is primarily an instinctive feeling of dislike of a thing, such as most persons feel for a snake. When used figuratively, it denotes a correspondent dislike for certain persons, modes of acting, etc. Men have an aversion to what breaks in upon their habits; a reluctance and repugnance to what crosses their will; a disgust at what offends their sensibilities; and are often governed by antipathies for which they can give no good reason.