Antonyms for liking


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahy-king
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ kɪŋ


Definition of liking

Origin :
  • c.1200, "a similar thing" (to another), from like (adj.).
  • noun fondness, taste
Example sentences :
  • You might have helped me to a phrase—A conditional kind of liking!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Nor shall you hear from me any more till you have changed your name to my liking.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Much against my liking, I assure you, said my brother, rudely interrupting her.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "I have a liking for that north countryman," he remarked presently.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • OBEY them by cheerfully and promptly doing their will, even when it is not to our liking.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • The horse was restive, looking over its shoulder at him, not liking what was going on.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • It is merely a case of not liking him less, but of liking my unknown man more.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Since his arrival in Canada, however, things had not been at all to his liking.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • I thought my liking to that girl different from any other I have ever felt: it was pure—it was!
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • As he had a liking for the spot, he seldom let a week pass without paying a visit.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for liking

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