DISLIKE Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

(ˌ)dis-ˈlīk

Definition of dislike

as in disliking

a strong feeling of not liking or approving we have a strong dislike for olives and wouldn't eat them even if we were paid

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as in disapproval

refusal to accept as right or desirable the public's general dislike of negative campaign ads

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dislike

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verb

as in to hate

to feel dislike for the two dogs disliked each other the first time they met, and never did become friends

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as in to criticize

to hold an unfavorable opinion of dislike the governor's heavy-handed way of pushing his agenda

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Recent Examples of dislike

Noun

The only companies that have to worry about a federal antitrust prosecution at this point are those that Trump fiercely dislikes. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026 Reddit study participants didn’t hold back on sharing their dislike for the all-beige trend. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

These small transgressions added up to a sense of ourselves as special, exempt from the rules—but also disliked, distrusted, untrustworthy, apart. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 However, the restrictive PVs were greatly disliked by the population. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dislike

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislike

Noun

The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hatred

Noun

But Republicans privately worry that growing disapproval of his administration is a liability.

— Michelle S. Price, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
The latest Fox News survey released Wednesday showed disapproval of the job Trump is doing has reached 77% on inflation, 70% on the economy, 69% on tariffs and 64% on foreign policy.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of disapproval

Verb

Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, criticized the state's election officials for not cooperating with the department's demands.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
But others criticized the tactics used and family separations.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of criticize

Noun

Loos, who was thirty-one, was known to express displeasure in hot and angry bursts and could be unpredictable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
The cause of their displeasure has to do with scenes woven throughout that illustrate how Baldwin got his reputation for angry outbursts – confrontations with paparazzi through the years, for instance.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of displeasure

Verb

Quebec voters have twice rejected independence, most recently by a razor-thin margin in a 1995 referendum.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
For countries that rejected the open international order, as the axis countries do today, the benefits were far fewer and the penalties considerable.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of reject

Verb

Many fans sympathized with Clarkson’s shopping experience and took to social media to denounce the actions taken by the shop.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
If the main predictor of racial disparities in prison is poverty, then denouncing police and prosecutors as racist won't shrink those gaps.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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