It didn't frighten her; she merely disliked the physical act of getting on a plane and sitting there for the duration of the journey.
He didn't merely dislike her, she realized.
Or did the big bay merely dislike his rider?
With a shock Tom realized that,more than merely disliking Guy, he actually hated him and wished himharm.
He merely disliked people in large numbers.
Granny was almost persuaded that, given time, she could come to merely dislike flying, instead of loathing it.
So men who, under normal circumstances, merely disliked each other mildly, all in an instant had their dislike change to a murderous hatred.
He and her new husband did not merely dislike each other.
I have no fear of demons here; I merely dislike being deceived.
She did not merely dislike it; she abominated it.