disliking

noun

An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

(usually in the plural) Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).

(Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

verb

(transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.

(Internet) To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

(obsolete, transitive) To displease; to offend. In third-person only.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not

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