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Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.

To dislike. [Obs.]

state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot. Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.

Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke. God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. Wilt thou be displeased at us forever Psalms lxxxv…

acts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure. Milton.

Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke.

Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.

Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. "Distasteful looks." Shak.

An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy. Fuller.

Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie.

A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel. Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and eumity against hie brother Jacob. South. The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge. I. Taylor.

strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.

Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious. Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.

Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton.

ation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.