mislike
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With young men and maidens, too, the parson hath his problems: for if from them he hold aloof, they mislike him much.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rats mislike loud noises, as many a laboratory worker knows.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ser Colen," Catelyn said to her escort, "who is this man, and why do they mislike him so?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
I mislike to carry no word of him; but I know you shall be rejoiced at the news of our victory.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
I am going to have to trust that he will keep his part of the bargain, but I mislike this kind of calculation.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
But it was much misliked by Nehru and other Congress leaders: they feared Moslem secession, cried that Indian unity should not be destroyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ser Jacelyn Bywater was likely here by now, and Ironhand misliked waiting.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
In truth, Ned did not trust the mute knight, though perhaps that was only because he misliked executioners.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Yet for all that, Catelyn misliked the man.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
His sister misliked being reminded that he was the King's Hand, and he did not wish to inflame the relations between them any further.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
But having received the lower tire of the Revenge, shifted her selfe with all diligence, utterly misliking her first entertainement.
From Time Magazine Archive
So with a heart filled with distrust, and misliking half the world, Paul travelled across the Atlantic, and sauntered about the United States.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
But the great 'San Philip,' having received the lower tier of the 'Revenge,' shifted herself with all diligence from her sides, utterly misliking her first entertainment.
From Short Studies on Great Subjects by James Anthony Froude
The ordinary Puritan "loved all that were godly, much misliking the wicked and profane."
From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by John Richard Green
For our lad, Jack, has taken a strange misliking to the Falcon, and run away to a bigger ship.
From The Pilots of Pomona by Robert Leighton
