unlikeable

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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.

   Вызывающий антипатию

   • 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.

   Synonymsantipatheticdislikableobjectionableoff-puttingrepellentrepulsiveunappealingunsympathetic

2. Difficult to likeB1informal

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

   Неприятный

   • 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.

   Synonymsantipatheticdisagreeabledislikableobnoxiousoff-puttingrepellentunappealingunpleasantunsympathetic

   Antonymsagreeableappealingattractivecharmingendearinglikablelikeablelovablepleasantwinsome