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Synonyms for dislike

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

distaste disgust disapproval antipathy hate ill-will

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Distaste

distaste, disgust, disapproval, antipathy, hatred, aversion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, disinclination, disfavor US, disfavour UK, repugnance, odium, loathing, abhorrence, detestation, abomination

2. Hate

hate, ill-will, grudge, disaffection, animosity, hostility, enmity, oppugnance dated

Other

reluctance, indisposition

Verb

loathe, mind, disrelish, mislike, disrecommend, abhor dated, stomach dated

Antonyms

liking, preference, savor

All antonyms of dislike →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

  2. n. 2

    Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).

    Tell me your likes and dislikes.

  3. v. 1

    To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.

Forms

Plural
dislikes → distastes, disapprovals, antipathies, hatreds…
Past participle
disliked
e.g. disliked → loathed, minded, disrelished, misliked…

Choose the right word

Dislike, Antipathy, Repugnance or Uncongeniality?

Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • disgust I don't hate you anymore. Now you just disgust me.
  • disapproval They communicate disapproval by shaking their heads.
  • distaste My apathy for voting comes from my distaste for politics.
  • antipathy I experienced a feeling of antipathy towards the speaker.
  • hate All the members of the committee hate one another.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dislikesteady
disgustrising
disapprovalsteady
distasterising
antipathysteady
haterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mind1, hate1
5 letters
abhor2, odium
6 letters
hatred2, grudge1, loathe1, enmity3
7 letters
stomach2, disgust2, mislike
8 letters
aversion3, loathing2, distaste2, disfavor3
9 letters
hostility4, animosity5, antipathy4, disfavour, disrelish
10 letters
reluctance3, abhorrence3, repugnance, oppugnance
11 letters
disapproval4, displeasure3, abomination5, detestation
12 letters
disaffection4, disrecommend
13 letters
indisposition
14 letters
disinclination5
15 letters
dissatisfaction5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abhor2 = 2 syllables).