mislike

[mis-lahyk] / mɪsˈlaɪk /

VERB

dislike

Synonyms

WEAK

abhor abominate antipathize avoid be allergic to be averse to be turned off to bear malice toward condemn contemn deplore despise detest disapprove disesteem disfavor disrelish eschew execrate grossed out on have hard feelings have no stomach for have no taste for have no use for loathe look down on lose interest in make faces at mind not appreciate not care for not endure not feel like not take kindly to object to regret resent scorn shudder at shun

Example Sentences

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He had a ’ard, cold look and red eyes, and I took a sort of mislike to him, for it seemed as if it was ’im as they was hirritated at.

From Literature

I am going to have to trust that he will keep his part of the bargain, but I mislike this kind of calculation.

From Literature

“I mislike everything about this. If he was going to go to Eldred, he would have done it already.”

From Literature

But we know from Elizabeth’s own letters that she wasn’t taken in by Mary’s image: When her cousin implored her to set aside “jealousy and mislike,” Elizabeth wrote that “we wish … She were as innocent therein as she laboreth greatly to beare both us and the world in hand that she is.”

From Slate

I mislike to carry no word of him; but I know you shall be rejoiced at the news of our victory.

From Literature

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