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dislike English

Meaning dislike meaning

What does dislike mean?
Definitions in simple English

dislike

To dislike something is to not be attracted to it, to want to keep away from it, to find it unpleasant. He had to eat cabbage although he really disliked its strong smell.

dislike

have or feel a dislike or distaste for I really dislike this salesman (= disfavor) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group a feeling of aversion or antipathy my dislike of him was instinctive

Synonyms dislike synonyms

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Conjugation dislike conjugation

How do you conjugate dislike?

dislike · verb

Examples dislike examples

How do I use dislike in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I dislike cold weather.
I dislike stuff that supports violence.
I dislike your smoking.
I dislike working with Tom.
What else do you dislike?
A majority of students dislike history.
I dislike being alone.
Not that I dislike the work, but that I have no time.
I dislike living in such a noisy place.
This is why I dislike cats.
When you dislike others, you are disliked by them in turn.
I dislike Chris because he is very rude and insensitive.
It is because he is cruel that I dislike him.
I don't dislike him at all.
I dislike how he smiles.
It is a fact that I dislike him.
In general, young people dislike formality.
Some people dislike eels because they look like snakes.
I dislike big cities.

Movie subtitles

Do you dislike cats?
I dislike mirrors.
Your pardon. I dislike to be touched.
To be perfectly frank, I dislike you. intensely.
No matter who you like or dislike. you've got to behave and be pleasant.
Do you like it? So many young men of today dislike their work.
We dislike the use of that word.
I mean, my dear wife has and much as I dislike discussing it in this hour of our trial I believe the Doctor is right.
Your selfish disregard of other people's feelings made me dislike you from the first!
Why do you dislike me so much?
I dislike having to call the servants to throw you out.
If you don't like it, or we dislike your behavior, you're free to go as we're free to send you away.
I'm so glad you no longer dislike me.
Because of my visitors and of my servants I dislike to see in my salon. a relative of my wife dressed like that.
You have no reason to dislike him. You don't even know him.
It's true, but when I dislike someone for no reason. I always find it more enjoyable.
I dislike it too.
Now what exactly do you dislike, my dear?
Surely you don't want me doing things I dislike.
I dislike foreigners.
To keep you company, because deep down, you dislike drinking alone.
Do you dislike him?
Frankly, I dislike being beaten.
I don't dislike anyone.
I dislike and distrust men who are always offering to resell their honor.
Would you threaten the stars because you dislike your destiny?
Father keeps pushing me to marry a man I dislike.
Madame, there is no reason for you to dislike me.
I not only dislike you I distrust you.
I don't know how you feel but I've taken a sudden dislike to these clothes.
I used to like both. Now I dislike both.
You'll dislike me now.

News and current affairs

It is usually defined to mean everything we dislike - from changes to our traditional way of life to loss of jobs.
Politicians and lawyers may dislike this solution, because it undermines the EU's principle of social inclusion for employment and resembles arrangements that currently apply to EU citizens who live in other member countries without working there.
But the interlinking of consulting and auditing practices puts other perverse incentives in place: an incentive to please the clients, who dislike unfavorable reports.
Ordinary people also dislike honest workers.
We may dislike it, but the EU is part of our system of government, like municipalities, regions, and nation-states.
Millions of bank customers using mobile phones can provide immediate feedback on which products and services they like or dislike.
They dislike the business leaders who take home huge sums even when they fail, and they hate to see poor and excluded people in their midst.
Euroskepticism represents everything the Eurocrats dislike.
Much as they dislike it, they are also fearful of a war between Israel or the United States and Iran, knowing that they would have little influence over events.
But although Russians dislike the powerful, and cherish underdogs and martyrs, a man in jail no longer looks strong.
As much as many countries may dislike the US military, the availability and extraordinary capabilities of America's soldiers, ships, aircraft, and intelligence assets often function as a global insurance policy.
President Putin's behavior is probably best explained by his dislike for democracy.
Many non-Japanese Asians will dislike most or all of Fujiwara's message, for they will hear unpleasant historical echoes.
For maintaining a constitutional order and viable free market requires an intuitive dislike of arbitrariness, a sensitivity to its manifestations, and spontaneous resistance.
Ashcroft is much less known internationally than Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, but he is an even match in arousing dislike for the US among those who do know him.
A majority of Chinese dislike Kim Jong-il's dynastic Leninist regime.
Regardless of whether Georgians like or dislike Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvilli, they want to go West, too.
Nor can it withstand the inevitable attacks directed against EU institutions for every action and regulation that citizens dislike and for which national politicians want to avoid responsibility.
By the time a revised task force added dislike of public speaking in 1987, the disorder seemed sufficiently elastic to include virtually everyone on the planet.
Such manifestations would have appeared pathetic and pompous; I would have regarded them as a haughtier version of the kind of patriotism that I dislike from national patriots.
But, I was also pleased from the point of view of a citizen, with a strong dislike of the herd mentality.
Even those who dislike him sometimes conclude that he is the best all the possible options, and he has improved his position by persistently weeding out Chechen military forces that are not directly under his command.

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