Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - dislike

(dislikes, disliking, disliked) 1. If you dislike someone or something, you consider them to be unpleasant and do not like them. We don’t serve liver often because so many people dislike it... David began to dislike all his television heroes who smoked. VERB: V n, V n 2. Dislike is the feeling that you do not like someone or something. He made no attempt to conceal his dislike of me... N-UNCOUNT 3. Your dislikes are the things that you do not like. Consider what your likes and dislikes are about your job... N-COUNT: usu pl 4. If you take a dislike to someone or something, you decide that you do not like them. PHRASE: V inflects