Antonyms for disliking


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-lahyk
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈlaɪk


Definition of disliking

Origin :
  • 1540s (implied in disliking), hybrid which ousted native mislike as the opposite of like. Related: Disliked; disliking. English in 16c. also had the excellent dislove "hate, cease to love," but it did not survive.
  • verb be antagonistic toward something; hate
Example sentences :
  • They made him a midshipman; but, disliking the sea, he was determined to go to America.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Forrester turned, knowing exactly what to expect, and disliking it in advance.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • She has some reason, or she thinks she has, for disliking him, as she calls it.
  • Extract from : « Adam Johnstone's Son » by F. Marion Crawford
  • What is dangerous is disliking a thing when we know what it is.
  • Extract from : « Gilbert Keith Chesterton » by Patrick Braybrooke
  • Whistler, while disliking his art, was wont to wish he had been his pupil.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey
  • Then I was not unjust, father, in thinking ill of the man and disliking him.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tor » by George Manville Fenn
  • Did the bookkeeper have any other reasons for disliking you?
  • Extract from : « Chester Rand » by Horatio Alger, Jr
  • It was a wonder to me how Jack would persist in disliking this fellow.
  • Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • He has another reason for disliking you, but of that by-and-by.
  • Extract from : « Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • What I value is the pleasantness of the man and not his liking or disliking for myself.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for disliking

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