dislike
/dɪsˈlaɪk/noun, verb
dislike is spelled D-I-S-L-I-K-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dislike means “An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dislike is dislikes.
How many letters and syllables are in dislike?
| Letters | 7: D-I-S-L-I-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dislike?
Dislike appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dislike?
- /dɪsˈlaɪk/
- /ˈdɪslaɪk/
Dislike has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dislike.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dislike
- dislikes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- disliking participle, present
- disliked participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dislike mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
- 2
Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).
Tell me your likes and dislikes.
- 3
An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo displease; to offend. In third-person only.
- 2
To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
- 3
To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
Rebecca Black's "Friday" video has gained notoriety for being one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dislike in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | antipathie , ne pas aimer |
| German | Unbehagen , ablehnen |
| Portuguese | antipatia, aversão , não gostar de, desgostar de , descurtida, dislike |
| Spanish | aversión, disgusto, antipatía, ojeriza, manía , me disgusta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dislike come from?
From dis- + like.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).