UNAPPEALING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unappealing mean? 

• UNAPPEALING (adjective)
  The adjective UNAPPEALING has 2 senses:

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

2. not able to attract favorable attention

  Familiarity information: UNAPPEALING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNAPPEALING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

unappealing; unlikable; unlikeable; unsympathetic

Context example:

all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic

Domain category:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not able to attract favorable attention

Context example:

was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess

Similar:

off-putting (tending to repel)

unattractive (lacking power to arouse interest)

Antonym:

appealing (able to attract interest or draw favorable attention)