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UNWELCOME PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unwelcome person mean? 

UNWELCOME PERSON (noun)
  The noun UNWELCOME PERSON has 1 sense:

1. a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcomeplay

  Familiarity information: UNWELCOME PERSON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNWELCOME PERSON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

persona non grata; unwelcome person

Hypernyms ("unwelcome person" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unwelcome person"):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

ingrate; thankless wretch; ungrateful person (a person who shows no gratitude)

interloper; intruder; trespasser (someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission)

meddler (an officious annoying person who interferes with others)

disreputable person (someone lacking public esteem)

gloomy Gus; picklepuss; pouter; sourpuss (someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression)

killjoy; party pooper; spoilsport; wet blanket (someone who spoils the pleasure of others)

annoyer; tease; teaser; vexer (someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity))

bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler (someone who deliberately stirs up trouble)

undesirable (one whose presence is undesirable)

scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)


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