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 →

2) A dislike is a feeling of not liking something. tree →

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 →
• My cat dislikes baths. tree →
• Write about your likes and dislikes. tree →
• She took a dislike to the new teacher at first. tree →
• He dislikes being late. tree →
• We all have foods we dislike. tree →
• The video got more likes than dislikes. tree →
• “Do you dislike me?” asked the Prince, who was very much vexed at this answer. tree →

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.
• Liking or disliking a purple door is an opinion, not news; sneering at people for it is unkind.
• dis- means not or the opposite: disagree, dislike, disrespect; the slang «diss» comes from «disrespect».
• "Reluctant reader" means a child who dislikes or struggles with reading.
• Parties often have to be kept small, so not being invited does not always mean someone dislikes you.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dislike» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.