disliking

  • 21phobic — [ foubık ] suffix used for making adjectives meaning disliking or afraid of someone or something very much: homophobic (=afraid of or disliking homosexuality) …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22self-disgust — self dis gust noun uncount a strong feeling of disliking yourself or disliking what you have done …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23dislike — (v.) 1540s (implied in disliking), hybrid which ousted native mislike as the opposite of LIKE (Cf. like). Related: Disliked; disliking. English in 16c. also had the excellent dislove hate, cease to love, but it did not survive …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 24-phobic — UK [fəʊbɪk] / US [foʊbɪk] suffix used for making adjectives meaning disliking or afraid of someone or something very much homophobic (= afraid of or disliking homosexuality) …

    English dictionary

  • 25dislike — /dɪsˈlaɪk / (say dis luyk) verb (t) (disliked, disliking) 1. not to like; regard with displeasure or aversion: I dislike him; I dislike having to work. –noun 2. the feeling of disliking; distaste: I have taken a strong dislike to her.… …

  • 26ἀφιλόπονον — ἀφιλόπονος disliking work masc/fem acc sg ἀφιλόπονος disliking work neut nom/voc/acc sg …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 27death on — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very successful in meeting or dealing with. * /Joe is death on fast balls. He usually knocks them out of the park./ 2. Disliking or strongly against; very strict about. * /The new teacher is death on students who come… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 28death on — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very successful in meeting or dealing with. * /Joe is death on fast balls. He usually knocks them out of the park./ 2. Disliking or strongly against; very strict about. * /The new teacher is death on students who come… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 29Averse — A*verse , a. [L. aversus, p. p. of avertere. See {Avert}.] 1. Turned away or backward. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The tracks averse a lying notice gave, And led the searcher backward from the cave. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Having a repugnance or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30homophobic — hom o*pho bic, a. Disliking or fearing homosexuals to an unreasonable degree. [PJC] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English