UNLIKEABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unlikeable mean? 

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

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

2. difficult or impossible to like

  Familiarity information: UNLIKEABLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNLIKEABLE (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:

Difficult or impossible to like

Synonyms:

unlikable; unlikeable

Context example:

a disagreeable and unlikable old woman

Similar:

disliked (regarded with aversion)