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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 welcome
Familiarity information: UNWELCOME PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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