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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To regard with distaste or aversion.
  • noun An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To annoy; vex; displease.
  • To be displeased with; regard with some aversion or displeasure; disrelish; not to like.
  • noun The feeling of being displeased; fixed aversion or distaste; repugnance; the attitude of one's mind toward one who or that which is disagreeable.
  • noun Discord; disagreement.
  • noun Synonyms Hatred, Dislike, Antipathy, etc. (see antipathy); disrelish, distaste, disapprobation. Disfavor, Dishonor, etc. See odium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.
  • noun obsolete Discord; dissension.
  • transitive verb To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.
  • transitive verb To awaken dislike in; to displease.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
  • verb have or feel a dislike or distaste for
  • noun a feeling of aversion or antipathy

Etymologies

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From dis- +‎ like.

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