Associations to the word «Dislike»

Wiktionary

DISLIKE, noun. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
DISLIKE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.) [16th-19th c.]
DISLIKE, verb. (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]
DISLIKE, verb. (Internet) To give a negative review.

Dictionary definition

DISLIKE, noun. An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group.
DISLIKE, noun. A feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive".
DISLIKE, verb. Have or feel a dislike or distaste for; "I really dislike this salesman".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats