dislikable

adjective

variants also dislikeable
Definition of dislikablenext
as in unpleasant

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Recent Examples of dislikable The networks were especially wary of dislikable lead characters back then, aware that mainstream viewers often click away from pathology and ugliness. — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023 Even the most dislikable, retrograde, and self-absorbed conductors understand that their mission is to cajole great music out of talented colleagues, the ones who actually do all the blowing and bowing. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2022 Known mostly for amiable performances in romantic comedies and action flicks, the actress here is raw and courageously dislikable. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislikable
  1. unpleasant
  2. disagreeable
  3. detestable
  4. objectionable
  5. repulsive
  6. hateful
  7. loathsome
  8. despicable
Adjective
  • That leads to the second point: automating boring tasks, or delegating unpleasant things to the AI itself.
    — John Werner, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Seed oils are typically made by pressing or crushing the seeds and then processing them further with chemicals and heat to remove elements that can leave the oil cloudy or with an unpleasant taste or odor.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of unpleasant
Adjective
  • The United States’s three most powerful European allies disagree with its plan for ending the brutal, destructive stalemate in Ukraine, with Germany the most disagreeable.
    — Dominic Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Sometimes that means confronting disagreeable people.
    — David Plazas, The Tennessean, 24 Apr. 2024
Definition of disagreeable
Adjective
  • Overall, the film has gotten a mixed reception, and Strong’s character is pretty detestable.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Social media soon was flooded with posts from people who found the character detestable, and the actor had no problem with that.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of detestable
Adjective
  • The resolution making the change states the council often considers multiple items on its agenda that are not controversial or otherwise objectionable, often leading to multiple unanimous roll call votes.
    — Samuel Clanton, arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • And really: What could be simpler or less objectionable?
    — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of objectionable
Adjective
  • Body horror in all its repulsive forms crops up everywhere on Severance, because within Branch 501, one’s body is no longer their own — and that’s exactly how Lumon wants it.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Despite such repulsive assertions, Kingsley’s synthesis of scientific and theological thinking also led him to be one of the great Christian socialists of his day, advocating tirelessly for social reform, especially sanitation.
    — Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of repulsive
Adjective
  • The booing at the mention of Huizenga’s name was so hateful that an embarrassed Marino had to beg it to stop.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
  • That a little rectangle of cardboard and paper and ink is no match for all the hateful rhetoric about books somehow hurting children.
    — Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • Needless to say, no one who has any standards whatsoever should want to have anything to do with these loathsome cretins.
    — The Editors, National Review, 3 Mar. 2025
  • America was the future, and the future was loathsome.
    — James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of loathsome
Adjective
  • In an America where the masks of the rich and powerful have long been dropped, Posey pulls off a mysterious emotional striptease, revealing the many layers of Victoria — lazy, childlike, despicable, poignant, inimitable.
    — Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • All Americans should be thankful this despicable waste is being identified.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Definition of despicable

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