# mislike

> English word · Verb · IPA /(ˌ)mɪsˈlaɪk/

## Definitions
1. To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to.
2. To displease or offend (someone).
3. To displease or offend.
4. To disapprove; also, to be displeased or unhappy.
5. To become sickly or weak due to poor health; to waste away.

## Etymology
From Middle English misliken (“to displease, offend; to disturb mentally, peturb; to dislike, find distasteful; to be unpleasant; to be displeased, dissatisfied, or unhappy; to feel sorry for (someone’s misfortune); of fruit or a tree: to fail to flourish”) [and other forms], from Old English mislīcian (“to displease; to disquiet”), from mis- (prefix meaning ‘bad; badly; wrong; wrongly’, or indicating a failure or lack) + līcian (“to like; to appeal to, please”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”)). The English word is analysable as mis- + like.
Cognates
* Middle Dutch mislīken
* Middle Low German mislīken
* Old High German misselīchēn (“to displease”) (Middle High German misselīchen)
* Old Norse mislíka (Icelandic mislíka (“to dislike”))
* Old Swedish mislika (modern Swedish misslika)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mislike