disliking

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The vested interests of life favour the line of least resistance--disliking and revolting against disturbance; but one must always remember that a spurious glamour is inclined to gather around what is new.

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  1. transitive verb To regard with distaste or aversion.
  2. noun An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

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  • In real life, the logical path is from disliking someone to disliking him either more or less. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • Zito admits to disliking high school until she started doing theater her junior year. —  The State Hornet
  • 'It's not a question of disliking the Polish people - it's just a question of economics.' —  Home | Mail Online
  • He has clear lukewarm (or colder) feelings towards it, disliking the "dusty" aromas and flavors it can have in the Finger Lakes. —  LENNDEVOURS
  • I owned the original Pikming back in the GC days, but I ended up returning it after really disliking it (keep in mind I was about 10ish or so, somewhere near that). —  Aussie-Nintendo.com Forums
 

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