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UNLIKEABLE
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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:
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:
Domain category:
drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)