mislike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)mɪsˈlaɪk/
ipa: /ˌmɪsˈlaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: mislikes
Etymology: From Middle English mislike (“displeasure; hardship; sorrow; unpleasantness”), from mis- (prefix meaning ‘bad; badly; wrong; wrongly’, etc.) + like (“pleasure, will”) (from liken (“to give pleasure to, make happy, please; to be pleasant; to suit; (reflexive) to please oneself, take delight; (reflexive) to be pleased to do (something); to like; to approve of, be in favour of; to be delighted or pleased; to choose, want, wish”), from Old English līcian (verb): see further at etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: O let not my ſecure ſimplicity, breed your miſlike, […]
ref: 1605, Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], The Dutch Courtezan. […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for Iohn Hodgets, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i:
text: Hovvbeit upon a miſlike that they took to him alſo, at foure moneths end, they deprive him of his Empire, take avvay his life, and made over the Soveraignty of State to one Conſtantine, a ſouldier of the meaneſt place, only becauſe his name imported, as they thought, the offe^([sic – meaning offer?]) of good luck.
ref: 1610, William Camden, “Romans in Britaine”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC, pages 84–85:
text: [H]er miſlike of my Dreſs confirms me, this muſt be ſome levvd London Gimcrack, ſome Play-houſe haunting Couſin; […]
ref: [1703], Tho[mas] d’Urfey, The Old Mode & the New, or, Country Miss with Her Furbeloe. A Comedy. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott, and sold by Samuel Clark, […], Francis Faucet […], and Lucas Stowkey […], →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, pages 51–52:
text: He had a 'ard, cold look and red eyes, and I took a sort of mislike to him, for it seemed as if it was 'im as they was hirritated at.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, “Lucy Westenra’s Diary”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter XI, page 150:
glosses: Aversion or distaste for something; dislike; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
examples: text: His mother is sister to Mr James Murray, and hath now maryed Mr John Graham, a seruante of therle of Argile, to the greif and mislike of her best frendes.
ref: 1583, “A Breife Opinion of the State, Faction, Religion, and Power of the Severall Noble Menn in Scotlande, as They Dwell, Not Placinge Them Accordinge to Their Greatnes, Degree, or Antiquitie, vnder the Raigne of Kinge James VI. Anno Domini 1583”, in The Bannatyne Miscellany; Containing Original Papers and Tracts, Chiefly Relating to the History and Literature of Scotland, volume I, Edinburgh: [Ballantyne & Co.], published 1827, →OCLC, 1st part, page 69:
glosses: Lack of comfort; discomfort; also, difficulty; trouble; or sadness; unhappiness.
examples: text: [If] you finde a certaine miſlike or conſumption in the plant, you ſhall immediatly vvith a ſharp knife cut the plant off ſlope-vviſe upvvard, about three fingers from the ground, and ſo let it reſt till the next ſpring, at vvhich time you ſhall behold nevv cyons iſſue from the roote, […]
ref: 1613, G[ervase] M[arkham], “Of the Setting or Planting of the Cyons or Branches of Most Sorts of Fruit-trees”, in The English Husbandman. The First Part: […], London: […] T[homas] S[nodham] for Iohn Browne, […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Contayning the Art of Planting, Grafting and Gardening, […], page 132:
glosses: The characteristic or state of incapacity, physical distress, or weakness due to poor health; sickliness; (countable) an instance of this.
examples: text: [T]he mislike growne among thẽselves did wel allay the heat against her […]
ref: c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
synonyms: disaffection
dissension
glosses: Discontent, unrest; (countable) an instance of this.