What does dislike mean?
Word: Dislike
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Dislike means to feel that someone or something is not to your taste.
Antonyms: like
How do you spell dislike?
Syllables: dis - like
Tricky part: The final e makes no sound, so it often gets left off. Without it you are left with dislik, which is not a word.
Watch out for: dislik, dislikke
Memory tip: Keep the quiet letter at the end: it stretches the vowel before it. Take it away and that vowel turns short.
Dislike in a sentence
Example 1: I dislike waiting in long queues.
Example 2: My sister dislikes the smell of boiled cabbage.
Example 3: Cats usually dislike getting wet.
Fun Fact
Many video websites let viewers press a thumbs-down button to dislike a clip, so this old word now has a new job on screen.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
like
a) diz
b) dys
c) des
d) dis
Show answer
d) dis. This prefix turns a word into its opposite and is spelt with an i and a single s.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our puppy seems to dislyke the noise of the vacuum cleaner.
a) dislyke
b) puppy
c) noise
d) cleaner
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a) dislyke. The long vowel here is spelt with an i, not a y.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ldkiesi
a) dsilike
b) dilsike
c) diskile
d) dislike
Show answer
d) dislike. Look for dis at the start and like at the end.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
dislike
a) refuse
b) detest
c) avoid
d) enjoy
Show answer
d) enjoy. If you enjoy something, you are glad to do it; the other three all lean the other way.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Reena dislikes spinach. What will she most likely do at dinner?
a) tell her friends how tasty it is
b) ask her mother for a second helping
c) save some to eat again tomorrow
d) leave it on the side of her plate
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d) leave it on the side of her plate
2. Asha dislikes loud music. Which line says the same thing?
a) Asha plays loud music all day.
b) Loud music does not please Asha.
c) Loud music always makes Asha smile.
d) Asha would prefer it even louder.
Show answer
b) Loud music does not please Asha.
