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UNLIKEABLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult or impossible to like

Example:

a disagreeable and unlikable old woman

Synonyms:

unlikable; unlikeable

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

disliked (regarded with aversion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

Example:

all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic

Synonyms:

unappealing; unlikable; unlikeable; unsympathetic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)

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