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# dislike

verb (dislike, dislikes, disliked, disliking); noun (a dislike, dislikes)

«dislike» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To dislike means not to like someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#m1)
2. A dislike is a feeling of not liking something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#m2)

### In the lessons

In lessons about feelings and opinions you say what you like and dislike; in stories it shows how characters feel about each other. Online, a «dislike» is a button to show you don't like a post. Phrases: «likes and dislikes», «take a dislike to», «strongly dislike».

### Examples

- I dislike cold weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x1)
- My cat dislikes baths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x2)
- Write about your likes and dislikes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x3)
- She took a dislike to the new teacher at first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x4)
- He dislikes being late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x5)
- We all have foods we dislike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x6)
- The video got more likes than dislikes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x7)
- “Do you dislike me?” asked the Prince, who was very much vexed at this answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x8)

### Note

Prefix dis- = not. Dislike is weaker than hate. Dislike + -ing: «I dislike swimming», not «dislike to swim». It is fine to dislike things, but be polite about it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dislike» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dislike» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dislike.html) on Mova free.