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Disliked

Dislike \Dis*like"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disliked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disliking.]

  1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

    Every nation dislikes an impost.
    --Johnson.

  2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. ``Disliking countenance.''
    --Marston. ``It dislikes me.''
    --Shak.

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disliked

vb. (en-past of: dislike)

WordNet
disliked

adj. regarded with aversion; "he was intensely disliked" [ant: liked]

Usage examples of "disliked".

The impersonality of an ad appealed to that part of him, even though the private part of him disliked the public nature of it.

No, he had always known that she had disliked that part of their arrangement.

The wonder was that she’d married him at all, if she disliked changes so much.

She disliked the way big men looked down at her, and she disliked being forced by sheer physical size to look up at them.

Evie, despite that glowing sensuality, wasn’t the type of woman that other women disliked on sight.

People with grudges found revenge by phoning in anonymous tips, accusing the person they disliked of being the killer.

In his anger he had even called her “babe,” something he hadn’t done since she’d told him how much she disliked it.

But Noelle intensely disliked sex, disliked being touched, even casually.

She was constantly looking for windows on other ways of life, not because she disliked New York, but because she was so curious about everything.

As much as she disliked and resented her cousin, she had never thought Jessie was stupid enough to actually be unfaithful to Webb.

She'd known she didn't have much chance of convincing him to return, but she hadn't realized how violently he disliked her now.

If he disliked her, he was hiding it well now, and she was so tired she didn't care.

So, if he disliked her so much, why had he immediately launched his seduction tactics?

That was how the whole town knew Miss Mavis Dixon had a box full of early Playgirl magazines, but Miss Mavis was so hateful and generally disliked that everyone agreed that the center­folds were as close as she was ever likely to get to male genitalia.

She didn't like feeling weighted down, and she particularly disliked necklaces.