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dislike
noun as in antagonism, hatred toward something
Strongest matches
animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, disapproval, disgust, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, enmity, hatred, hostility, loathing, prejudice
Strong matches
deprecation, detestation, disapprobation, disesteem, disfavor, disinclination, indisposition, objection, offense, opposition, repugnance
verb as in be antagonistic toward something; hate
Strongest matches
abhor, avoid, condemn, deplore, despise, detest, disapprove, loathe, regret, resent, scorn, shun
Weak matches
antipathize, be allergic to, be averse to, be turned off to, bear malice toward, disrelish, grossed out on, have hard feelings, have no stomach for, have no taste for, look down on, lose interest in, make faces at, not appreciate, not care for, not endure, not feel like, not take kindly to, object to, shudder at
Example Sentences
As he set up his business at three sites in England, locals tried to block his plans because they disliked cars, he said.
While other stars might dislike being photographed off the set, Dean, preternaturally sophisticated about creating an image, reveled in it.
Vermont’s small congressional delegation is already left of center, and voters tend to like their own representatives, even when they dislike Congress as a whole, giving incumbents a significant advantage.
“Or, as defendant Secretary Noem put it succinctly in a February 19 internal memorandum, States whose policies she dislikes ‘should not receive a single dollar of the Department’s money.’”
But Clarke says there has been a sea-change and younger architects are much more empathetic about producing buildings that are sensitive to the local place and the likes and dislikes of the public.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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