Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dislike

~1 v (T, not in progressive) to think someone or something is unpleasant and not like them  (Why do you dislike her so much? | dislike doing sth)  (Tom dislikes going to the dentist, that's why he's crabby.) ~2 n 1 a feeling of not liking someone or something + of/for  (She shared her mother's dislike of housework. | intense dislike (=very strong dislike))  (His colleagues regarded him with intense dislike. | take a dislike to (=decide that you dislike someone))  (When the two men met, they took an instant dislike to each other.) 2 dislikes the things that you do not like  (likes and dislikes)  (A good hotel manager should know his regular guests' likes and dislikes.)