dislikes

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of dislike.

   My grandfather dislikes any change to his daily routine.

   The committee dislikes proposals that arrive without supporting data.

   Note

   The -s form agrees with a singular subject: he dislikes, the committee dislikes, while I, you, we and they dislike. The verb once ran the other way round. In an obsolete use, found only in the third person, the thing disliked was the subject, so a matter that dislikes me was one that displeased me. Today the subject is the one who feels the aversion, and online the word can simply mean leaving a negative vote on a post.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of dislike.

   The survey asked customers to list their main dislikes about the service.

   Over the years, his dislikes hardened into firm rules he would not bend.

   Note

   The plural names the things themselves. A person's dislikes are the foods, habits or people they cannot stand, and in that sense the noun is normally plural, often paired with likes. The singular more often names the feeling of aversion in general. Online the plural counts negative votes, as in a post's dislikes. The spelling is shared with the present-tense verb, so his dislikes and he dislikes differ only in grammar.

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