“Didn’t cotton to” means “didn’t like/didn’t agree with/approve of.”
Maybe add in “tolerate” or “can’t abide by”? As in “didn’t like/didn’t agree with/approve of/tolerate/abide by.”
I’ve been around “cotton” my whole life. The most common usage is along the lines o “we don’t cotton that shit here.”
Yup, all of those too.
Griffin added the word “on” to the phrase (which wasn’t how it was used by the OP) to totally change the meaning.