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/(ˌ)mɪsˈlaɪk/ · verb
To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to..
[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.
What is there, then, ye will say to me, in this third ordinance which thou so mislikest? I will answer you in a few words. I mislike the changing of the laws of our fathers, specially when these laws have respect to the worship of the gods.
Yet, as to the now-preſent relationſhip of the literary laity to theological principles, and to Chriſtianity, ſomething may be ſaid—all proprieties duly regarded—or ſuch proprieties as are due from one writer toward others of the literary guild, who may like, or miſlike, what he ſays.
Use mislike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mislike means To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to..
Common synonyms include disaffection, dissension.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[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.
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