mislike
/ˌmɪsˈlaɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Aversion or distaste for something; dislike; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
Archaic; Uncountable
noun
Lack of comfort; discomfort; also, difficulty; trouble; or sadness; unhappiness.
Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
The characteristic or state of incapacity, physical distress, or weakness due to poor health; sickliness; (countable) an instance of this.
Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[T]hoſe that had forſaken hys father and taken part with him againſt his ſayde father, he ſeemed now ſo much to miſlike, that hee remoued them vtterly from his preſence, and contrariwiſe preferred ſuch as had continued faythful vnto his father in time of the troubles."
- "[Prince of] Moroc[co]. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuery of the burniſht ſunne, / To vvhom I am a neighbour, and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-vvard borne, / VVhere Phœbus fire ſcarce thavves the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue vvhoſe blood is reddeſt, his or mine."
- "In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane, as it may seem, for that Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight."
- "[A]s nothing is begun and perfited at the ſame time, and the later thoughts are thought to be the vviſer: ſo, if vve building vpon their foundation that vvent before vs, and being holpen by their labours, doe endeuour to make that better vvhich they left ſo good; no man, vve are ſure, hath cauſe to miſlike vs; they, vve perſvvade our ſelues, if they vvere aliue, vvould thanke vs."
- "VVhat he liketh or miſliketh, it maketh not much Matter. For he miſliketh the Goſpel, true Religion, and theſe our Times. But he ought of right, moſt of all to miſlike himſelf."
- "VVell; he is a very handſome, vvell-accompliſh'd, vvell-bred Gentleman; ſhe cannot miſlike him; he is a moſt agreeable young Gentleman I aſſure you."
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)
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɪsˈlaɪk/
- British English: /(ˌ)mɪsˈlaɪk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
mislikes (present, singular)
misliking (participle, present)
misliked (participle, past)
misliked (past)
mislikes (plural)
more mislike (comparative)
most mislike (superlative)