Mislikes

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. A lack of fondness or aversion toward certain things or individuals
2. feelings of disapproval or disappointment regarding particular preferences or choices
3. an expression of discontent or dislike indicating what one does not enjoy or appreciate

Etymology: Few English verbs have a more tangled ancestry in the sense of "to be displeased" than this one: Old English "mislīcian" meant "to displease" or "to disquiet", built from "mis-", a prefix signalling badness or failure, and "līcian", "to like" or "to appeal to". The verb is a plain compound of "mis-" and "like", and its earliest sense was not mild distaste but actual disturbance or offence. The older meanings were far broader than today's. Middle English "misliken" could mean to feel sorry for someone's misfortune, to cause mental distress, or, of a fruit or tree, to fail to flourish. The sense of simply finding something distasteful came later, and the modern meaning of quiet disapproval narrowed a word that once covered much harsher feelings. The same root appears across Germanic languages: Old High German "misselīchēn", Old Norse "mislíka", and Middle Low German "mislīken" all share it, and Icelandic "mislíka" survives with the sense "to dislike".

Synonyms: dislikes, detests, abhors, loathe, disapproves

Antonyms: likes, enjoys, adores, loves, appreciates