mislike

Meanings

1. To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to.
2. To displease or offend (someone).
3. To displease or offend.
4. To disapprove; also, to be displeased or unhappy.
5. To become sickly or weak due to poor health; to waste away.

1. Aversion or distaste for something; dislike; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
2. Lack of comfort; discomfort; also, difficulty; trouble; or sadness; unhappiness.
3. The characteristic or state of incapacity, physical distress, or weakness due to poor health; sickliness; (countable) an instance of this.
4. Discontent, unrest; (countable) an instance of this.

1. Not like or similar; different, unlike.

Etymology

From Middle English misliken (“to displease, offend; to disturb mentally, peturb; to dislike, find distasteful; to be unpleasant; to be displeased, dissatisfied, or unhappy; to feel sorry for (someone’s misfortune); of fruit or a tree: to fail to flourish”) [and other forms], from Old English mislīcian (“to displease; to disquiet”), from mis- (prefix meaning ‘bad; badly; wrong; wrongly’, or indicating a failure or lack) + līcian (“to like; to appeal to, please”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”)). The English word is analysable as mis- + like. Cognates * Middle Dutch mislīken * Middle Low German mislīken * Old High German misselīchēn (“to displease”) (Middle High German misselīchen) * Old Norse mislíka (Icelandic mislíka (“to dislike”)) * Old Swedish mislika (modern Swedish misslika)