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
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
"Dark's falling, and there's something in the smell o' the night that I mislike."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
"We had it from Craster. I mislike the man, but I do not think he lied to us in this."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
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
Yet for all that, Catelyn misliked the man.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Davos misliked the sound of that, but he had not come all this way to hold his tongue.
From "A Dance with Dragons" 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
Lancelot beheld the martyrdom of these knights, and sore misliking had he of the services of such folk.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
Which we did, all but the poet, who, being either big with his ode, or misliking the wildness of the night, sat idle.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines
For the first time in the whole unusual interview, Banneker found himself misliking the other's tone, particularly in the light emphasis placed upon the word prudent.
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
Sea-birds wheeled and clamoured, misliking this invasion of their precincts.
From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence
