mislike

verb

1. (transitive)To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to.

   “[T]hoſe that had forſaken hys father and taken part with him againſt his ſayde father, he ſeemed now ſo much to miſlike, that hee remoued them vtterly from his preſence, and contrariwiſe preferred ſuch as had continued faythful vnto his father in time of the troubles.”

   “[Prince of] Moroc[co]. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuery of the burniſht ſunne, / To vvhom I am a neighbour, and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-vvard borne, / VVhere Phœbus fire ſcarce thavves the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue vvhoſe blood is reddeſt, his or mine.”

   “In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane, as it may seem, for that Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight.”

   “[A]s nothing is begun and perfited at the ſame time, and the later thoughts are thought to be the vviſer: ſo, if vve building vpon their foundation that vvent before vs, and being holpen by their labours, doe endeuour to make that better vvhich they left ſo good; no man, vve are ſure, hath cauſe to miſlike vs; they, vve perſvvade our ſelues, if they vvere aliue, vvould thanke vs.”

   “VVhat he liketh or miſliketh, it maketh not much Matter. For he miſliketh the Goſpel, true Religion, and theſe our Times. But he ought of right, moſt of all to miſlike himſelf.”

2. (archaic, transitive)To displease or offend (someone).

   “But ther ys alſo interceſsion made to ſainctes, vvhich ys an other matter that miſliketh him therin, vvhich interceſsion alſo ys in the Maſſe of ſainct Iames.”

   “Er Christmas be passed let horse be let blood, / for many a purpose it doth them much good. / The daie of S. Stephen old fathers did vse: / if that doe mislike thee some other daie chuse.”

   “Mote not miſlike you alſo to abate / Your zealous haſt, till morrovv next againe / Both light of heuen, and ſtrength of men relate: […]”

   “[T]he Gods are wise, and thriftless deed / Mislikes them, […]”

3. (archaic, intransitive)To displease or offend.

   “This ſentence ſerues, and that my hand out-ſtrikes, / That pleaſeth vvell, and this as much miſlikes, […]”

4. (intransitive, obsolete)To disapprove; also, to be displeased or unhappy.

   “[N]eyther hys ſeruantes nor hymſelf ſuffered to gone^([sic – meaning go?]) oute, parceiuyng well ſo greate a thyng without his knowledge not begun for noughte, comparyng this maner preſẽ[n]t with this laſt nightes chere, ĩ[n] ſo few houres ſo gret a chaunge marueylouſlye miſliked.”

   “[U]niuſtly thou doeſt vvyte them all, / For that vvhich thou miſlikedſt in a fevv.”

   “A Gentlevvoman of the ſame Citty ſavv a fat hogge cut vp, and vvhen the intrals vvere opened, and a noyſome ſavour offended her noſe, ſhe much miſliked, and vvould no longer abide: […]”

   “R[oderico] D[’Avolos]. Beſhrevv my heart, but that’s not ſo good. / Duke [Phillippo Caraffa, Duke of Pavy]. Ha, vvhat’s that thou miſlik’ſt D’auolos?”

   “[T]hey thought themſelves gallant Men, and I thought them fools; they made ſport, and I laught; they miſpronounc't, and I miſlik't; […]”

5. (intransitive, obsolete)To become sickly or weak due to poor health; to waste away.

   “But as vvell the one as the other applied vvith honey, doe heale old ulcers: they incarnat and fill up the hollovv concavities of fiſtulous ſores: and ſuch parts as do miſlike and vvant nouriſhment, they cauſe to gather fleſh and fill the skin againe: […]”

   “[I]t vvas obſerued likevviſe, that a little before the death of every one the tree by him planted, did miſlike and die. In the laſt yeere therefore of Nero, not onely the vvhole grove of bay trees vvithered to the very roote, but all the hens there died euery one.”

noun

1. (archaic, uncountable)Aversion or distaste for something; dislike; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.

   “O let not my ſecure ſimplicity, breed your miſlike, […]”

   “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.”

   “[H]er miſlike of my Dreſs confirms me, this muſt be ſome levvd London Gimcrack, ſome Play-houſe haunting Couſin; […]”

   “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.”

2. (obsolete, uncountable)Lack of comfort; discomfort; also, difficulty; trouble; or sadness; unhappiness.

   “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.”

3. (obsolete, uncountable)The characteristic or state of incapacity, physical distress, or weakness due to poor health; sickliness; (countable) an instance of this.

   “[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, […]”

4. (obsolete, uncountable)Discontent, unrest; (countable) an instance of this.

   “[T]he mislike growne among thẽselves did wel allay the heat against her […]”

adj

1. (obsolete, rare)Not like or similar; different, unlike.