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# dislike

«dislike» in Mova's school dictionary: **not to like someone or something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) To dislike means not to like someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#m1)

2) A dislike is a feeling of not liking something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x1)
- My cat dislikes baths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x2)
- Write about your likes and dislikes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x3)
- She took a dislike to the new teacher at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x4)
- He dislikes being late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x5)
- We all have foods we dislike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/#x6)
- The video got more likes than dislikes. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Rules and laws are shared agreements; people follow them even when they dislike them, and change bad ones through proper ways.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/17/)
- [Liking or disliking a purple door is an opinion, not news; sneering at people for it is unkind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/17/)
- [dis- means not or the opposite: disagree, dislike, disrespect; the slang «diss» comes from «disrespect».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/19/)
- ["Reluctant reader" means a child who dislikes or struggles with reading.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/12/)
- [Parties often have to be kept small, so not being invited does not always mean someone dislikes you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dislike» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dislike/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.