mislike

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an aversion to or dislike of someone or something; now archaic or dialectal

   The stranger's cold stare gave her an immediate mislike of him.

2. 2
   verb

   to dislike, disapprove of, or feel an aversion to someone or something; now archaic

   Although she could not explain why, she began to mislike the proposed arrangement.

From Middle English misliken and Old English mislīcian, meaning "to displease or be displeasing." It combines mis-, conveying wrongness or failure, with līcian, "to please" or "be agreeable." The noun developed from the verb and survives chiefly in archaic and regional use.

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