Definition of dislike

"dislike" in the noun sense

1. disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval

an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

2. dislike

a feeling of aversion or antipathy

"my dislike of him was instinctive"

"dislike" in the verb sense

1. dislike

have or feel a dislike or distaste for

"I really dislike this salesman"

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Quotations for dislike

It is in vain to dislike the current fashion. [ Proverb ]

Men are the cause of women's dislike for each other. [ La Bruyere ]

There is no banquet, but some dislike something in it. [ Proverb ]

The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful. [ Horace ]

Whatever you dislike in another person take care to correct in yourself. [ Sprat ]

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces. [ Mme. de Sevigne ]

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

If there is any person to whom you feel dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak. [ Cecil ]

Some men so dislike the dust kicked up by the generation they belong to, that, being unable to pass, they lag behind it. [ Hare ]

Tom hinted at his dislike at some trifle his mistress had said; she asked him how he would talk to her after marriage if he talked at this rate before. [ Addison ]

I dislike an eye that twinkles like a star. Those only are beautiful which, like the planets, have a steady, lambent light - are luminous, but not sparkling. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

How apt nature is, even in those who profess an eminence in holiness, to raise and maintain animosities against those whose calling or person they pretend to find cause to dislike! [ Bishop Hall ]

I never yet heard man or woman much abused, that I was not inclined to think the better of them; and to transfer any suspicion or dislike to the person who appeared to take delight in pointing out the defects of a fellow-creature. [ Jane Porter ]

We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society; only let us have the real instead of the titular. In every society some are born to rule, and some to advise. The chief is the chief all the world over, only not his cap and plume. It is only this dislike of the pretender which makes men sometimes unjust to the true and finished man. [ Emerson ]

Great merit or great failings will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked, in the general run of the world. Examine yourself, why you like such and such people and dislike such and such others; and you will find that those different sentiments proceed from very slight causes. [ Chesterfield ]

dislike in Scrabble®

The word dislike is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters dislike:

DISLIKE
(101 = 51 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word dislike

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In dislike

DISLIKE
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dislike in Words With Friends™

The word dislike is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dislike:

DISLIKE
(116 = 81 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dislike

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word dislike

DISLIKE
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In dislike

DISLIKE
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DISLIKE
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DISLIKE
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Words within the letters of dislike

2 letter words in dislike (3 words)

3 letter words in dislike (11 words)

5 letter words in dislike (8 words)

7 letter words in dislike (1 word)

dislike + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence dislike

Words that start with dislike (6 words)

Words with dislike in them (1 word)

Words that end with dislike (1 word)

Word Growth involving dislike

Shorter words in dislike

is

like

Longer words containing dislike

dislikeable

disliked

disliker dislikers

dislikes