Another word for dislike
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Verb
To have a feeling of aversion for
- To feel repugnance for; dislike.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.1.i:
- To have a distaste for; dislike
- (Archaic) To displease.
- (Now Rare) To be displeased at; dislike
- To have distaste for; dislike.
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Noun
An attitude or feeling of aversion
- (Now Rare) Dislike; disapproval
- Dislike
- Distaste; aversion.
- A lack of inclination; a mild aversion or reluctance.
- A dislike or lack of desire; aversion; reluctance
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Another word for dislike
Noun
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- The object of such dislike
- (Obs.) An opposition in character, nature, tendency, etc.
- Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
- The cause or object of such a feeling:
- The act or fact of averting:
- An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
Verb
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- (Idiomatic) To dislike; to regard with skepticism, disbelief, disfavor, etc.
- (Idiomatic, intransitive) Alternative form of make a face.
- To have distaste for; dislike.
- To view with contempt; despise.
- (Chiefly Literary) To treat or think of with contempt; scorn
- To hold in low esteem; dislike; despise; slight
- To hold in disfavor.
- To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.
- To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone):
- To refrain from (doing something):
- To stay clear of; go around or away from:
- To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy:
- To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity:
- To reject or refuse with derision:
- To take notice; give heed:
- (Regional) To bring (an object or idea) to mind; remember.
- To be careful about:
- To avoid, especially persistently.
- To stay away from; not go to:
- To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
- To refrain from (doing something).
- To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of:
- To keep away from (something harmful or disliked); shun; avoid; abstain from
- To dislike intensely; loathe:
- To regard with contempt or scorn:
- To look down on with contempt and scorn
- To feel intense dislike, disgust, or hatred for; abhor; detest
- To dislike (someone or something) greatly; abhor.
- To call down evil upon; curse
- To speak abusively or contemptuously of; denounce scathingly
- To feel loathing for; abhor.
- To have an unfavorable opinion:
- To refuse to approve; reject.
- To have or express an unfavorable opinion of; consider (something) wrong; condemn
- To detest thoroughly; abhor.
- To dislike very much
- To feel hatred and disgust for; loathe
- (Intransitive) To feel or show antipathy.
- To regard with horror or loathing; detest:
- To shrink from in disgust, hatred, etc.; detest
- To have a low esteem for someone, to look down upon someone, to hold someone in contempt
- Simple past tense and past participle of resend.
- To feel or show displeasure and hurt or indignation over (some act, remark, etc.) or toward (a person), from a sense of being injured or offended
- To regret; bemoan.
- To regard as unfortunate or wretched
- To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn:
- To declare unfit for use or service
- To take (private property) for public use by the power of eminent domain; expropriate
- To force (someone) to experience, endure, or do something:
- To feel strong dislike for or hostility toward:
- To be disinclined (to do something) out of politeness or a need to apologize:
- To dislike or wish to avoid; have a strong aversion to
- To dislike intensely; abhor.
- To dislike intensely; hate; abhor
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