verb, noun
verb (rather formal) to not like sb/sth:
[VN] Why do you dislike him so much? * He disliked it when she behaved badly in front of his mother. * [V-ing] I dislike being away from my family. * Much as she disliked going to funerals (= although she did not like it at all), she knew she had to be there. * [VN-ing] He disliked her staying away from home.
Part of speech: noun
1 [U,sing.] ~ (of / for sb/sth) a feeling of not liking sb/sth:
He did not try to hide his dislike of his boss. * She took an instant dislike to the house and the neighbourhood.
2 [C,usually pl.] a thing that you do not like:
I've told you all my likes and dislikes.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dislike is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is dislike a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dislike is tagged as noun.
Does dislike appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — dislike appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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