unlikable meaning

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unlikable (adjective): (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings.

unlikable has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

unlikable as an adjective

  1. (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
    • all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic

    Synonyms: unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable

  2. difficult or impossible to like
    • a disagreeable and unlikable old woman

    Synonyms: unlikeable

    Similar: disliked

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in LE · 9-letter words

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