unlikable

Words with a similar base: unlikable

'unlikable'

[unsympathetic.a.02] as in: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

Examples:
all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic

'unlikable'

[unlikable.s.01] as in: difficult or impossible to like

Examples:
a disagreeable and unlikable old woman

Origins

					unlikable (English)
├── -able (English)
├── like (English)
│   └── liken (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── lician (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── un- (English)
    ├── on- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   ├── on- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    │   └── ond- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── un- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── un- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── unus (Latin)
        └── oinos (Latin)

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