unlikeable

• Beschreibt eine Person oder Sache, die schwer zu mögen ist; unangenehm oder abstoßend wirkend.

Describes a person or thing that is not easy to like; unpleasant or disagreeable.

1. Evoking antipathy in fictionB2formalart

   Describes a character in a book, play, or film that is deliberately written to be disliked or to provoke negative feelings in the audience.

   Unsymphatisch wirkend

   • The author created a deliberately unlikeable protagonist to challenge the reader's empathy.
   • Critics praised the actor's performance as the unlikeable villain.
   • The novel's unlikeable narrator made the story more complex and intriguing.

   Synonymeantipatheticdislikableobjectionableoff-puttingrepellentrepulsiveunappealingunsympathetic

2. Difficult to likeB1informal

   Describes a person who is hard to get along with or whose personality makes them unappealing to others.

   Unsympathisch

   • His constant complaining made him quite unlikeable at work.
   • She found her new neighbor to be cold and unlikeable.
   • The politician's arrogant attitude made him unlikeable to many voters.

   Synonymeantipatheticdisagreeabledislikableobnoxiousoff-puttingrepellentunappealingunpleasantunsympathetic

   Antonymeagreeableappealingattractivecharmingendearinglikablelikeablelovablepleasantwinsome