as in hated
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1
as in despised
to feel dislike for
the two dogs disliked each other the first time they met, and never did become friends
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2
as in criticized
to hold an unfavorable opinion of
dislike the governor's heavy-handed way of pushing his agenda
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Recent Examples of disliked
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Walmart, the second-cheapest option, was among the most disliked.
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Eva Flowe
may 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
The British prime minister is only marginally less disliked by Britons, with his net favorability of minus 48 one of the worst since YouGov started tracking this metric in the 1970s.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
The 1991 Gulf War was a stunning victory for the United States military, which has colored its assumptions about what conventional war—as opposed to counterinsurgency, a mission unwanted and disliked—should look like.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
However, leaving for a rival as disliked as the Mets would undoubtedly leave a stain on his time with the Phillies.
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Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Nov. 2025
The Rats are some of the most widely disliked characters in Andrzej Sapkowski’s original novels.
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Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Either way, Cooper quickly became one of the most disliked men in New Jersey, which is saying something.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
Some people might not want to contribute to the profits of a disliked company—at least without profiting from their own data themselves.
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Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Jan. 2020
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
For all the prior cinematic depictions of storming bunkers and camaraderie under fire, Pressure offers us the quiet heroism of rational restraint in the figure of James Stagg, who weathered his inner storms and bore the courage to be disliked.
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Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
Not sure why, but MongoDB has been loved all along, unlike fellow enterprise software name Salesforce, which has been disliked.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
Trader Joe’s and Publix, two of the more expensive options, were also disliked.
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Eva Flowe
may 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
The first five floors were labeled S-A-L-E-M, and because the Grahams disliked alcohol, the hotel had no bar.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Some jurors might have disliked the concept of schools paying college athletes a share of broadcasting revenue and other commercial, pro sports-like features of the case.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 May 2026
My father disliked Tropicalia but did not believe in censorship.
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Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
The Republican wants to open new areas of the Gulf off Florida to drilling, and has proposed sweeping rollbacks of environmental regulations disliked by industry.
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Matthew Brown The Associated Press,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Finding a disliked celebrity with the offending crossed legs is optional.
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Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Walmart, the second-cheapest option, was among the most disliked.
—
Eva Flowe
may 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
The British prime minister is only marginally less disliked by Britons, with his net favorability of minus 48 one of the worst since YouGov started tracking this metric in the 1970s.
—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
The 1991 Gulf War was a stunning victory for the United States military, which has colored its assumptions about what conventional war—as opposed to counterinsurgency, a mission unwanted and disliked—should look like.
—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
However, leaving for a rival as disliked as the Mets would undoubtedly leave a stain on his time with the Phillies.
—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Nov. 2025
The Rats are some of the most widely disliked characters in Andrzej Sapkowski’s original novels.
—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Either way, Cooper quickly became one of the most disliked men in New Jersey, which is saying something.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
Some people might not want to contribute to the profits of a disliked company—at least without profiting from their own data themselves.
—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Jan. 2020
Verb
Almost everything that my sister disliked about the paper route was something that appealed to me.
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Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
For all the prior cinematic depictions of storming bunkers and camaraderie under fire, Pressure offers us the quiet heroism of rational restraint in the figure of James Stagg, who weathered his inner storms and bore the courage to be disliked.
—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
Not sure why, but MongoDB has been loved all along, unlike fellow enterprise software name Salesforce, which has been disliked.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
Trader Joe’s and Publix, two of the more expensive options, were also disliked.
—
Eva Flowe
may 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
The first five floors were labeled S-A-L-E-M, and because the Grahams disliked alcohol, the hotel had no bar.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Some jurors might have disliked the concept of schools paying college athletes a share of broadcasting revenue and other commercial, pro sports-like features of the case.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 May 2026
My father disliked Tropicalia but did not believe in censorship.
—
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
The Republican wants to open new areas of the Gulf off Florida to drilling, and has proposed sweeping rollbacks of environmental regulations disliked by industry.
—
Matthew Brown The Associated Press,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disliked
Adjective
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He was voted the most hated man in Australia, confronted about his comments at every media session, booed by the home crowd and, when Australia’s Ian Thorpe touched him out on the relay’s final leg, had to watch as the Australian team unfurled a now-infamous air guitar celebration.
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No word if Musk, who was, according to Gallup, found to be the most hated man in America last year, has changed his mind about this.
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Greenspan was also criticized for enacting policies that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the recession at the end of the 2000s.
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The Federal Reserve’s steadfast period of low interest rates in the 2000s was criticized as contributing to a housing bubble in the 2000s, followed by the mortgage crisis of 2007 and the Great Recession the following year.
Adjective
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Smith had slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards, and was suddenly one of the most despised actors in America.
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This is a despised company right now.
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Indigenous groups protested the last time Mount Rushmore hosted a fireworks display, and former President Joe Biden's administration rejected subsequent attempts to have fireworks at the national monument.
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Judge Sullivan rejected the DOJ's arguments against releasing the materials and concluded that the Public Integrity Project, a public interest law firm, demonstrated that independent journalist Katie Phang was harmed by the materials being withheld.
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Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
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These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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“Disliked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disliked. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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