dislike English · revision 15238

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪsˈlaɪk/, /ˈdɪslaɪk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|dis-|like]], a hybrid of a Latin prefix and a native verb.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To be displeased with, regard with aversion: the 1540s, implied in disliking, in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) about 1555 in Barnhart and the OED, 1567 in Merriam-Webster.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It ousted the native [[mislike]] as the opposite of [[like]].^(Etymonline) Like [[disgust]], it sometimes reversed the direction of its action and meant to annoy or displease (1570s), a sense now obsolete.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The transitive sense, not to like, is from 1594.^(OED 1989) The noun, displeasure or disapproval, is from 1577,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and distaste or aversion from the 1590s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1540s – disliking.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1555 – to be displeased.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1577 – dislike (noun).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1579 – to displease (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1594 – not to like.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To regard with [[distaste]] or [[aversion]]; to find unpleasant.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A feeling of distaste or [[antipathy]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dislikable]]

+ * [[disliker]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[like]]

+ * [[mislike]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}