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Recent Examples of likability
Because even in the really good bad guy parts, there’s often a likability to the character.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Yet whatever the circumstances, the characters who populate her songs have an abiding and unshakable likability.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Yet Russell’s likability also throws the character’s crimes into relief, making their horrors and ramifications more striking and unsettling by their contrast with his superficial amiability.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026
And despite their eminent likability, Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle — in the central roles of Catherine and her father, Robert — may even be the wrong actors.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Tiger’s likability, or Q Score, was 11 earlier in the year and below the average sports personality score of 13.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The film’s relentless likability leans on a few ticks.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Errington has an endearing likability and a sense of mischief, but more aggressiveness and overconfidence would better suit the character.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
While the general grifter is allowed to reinvent themselves, be openly ambitious, and romanticize their crimes, the female grifter—and especially the SGG—is met with significantly less permission and a higher demand for likability.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Yet whatever the circumstances, the characters who populate her songs have an abiding and unshakable likability.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Yet Russell’s likability also throws the character’s crimes into relief, making their horrors and ramifications more striking and unsettling by their contrast with his superficial amiability.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026
And despite their eminent likability, Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle — in the central roles of Catherine and her father, Robert — may even be the wrong actors.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Tiger’s likability, or Q Score, was 11 earlier in the year and below the average sports personality score of 13.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The film’s relentless likability leans on a few ticks.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Errington has an endearing likability and a sense of mischief, but more aggressiveness and overconfidence would better suit the character.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
While the general grifter is allowed to reinvent themselves, be openly ambitious, and romanticize their crimes, the female grifter—and especially the SGG—is met with significantly less permission and a higher demand for likability.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for likability
Noun
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Decades later, research continues to find that attractiveness influences hiring decisions, salaries, legal outcomes, and perceptions of competence.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Savvy European governments and businesses should be able to find ways to support the domestic economic interests of Gulf countries, while also demonstrating the attractiveness of investment opportunities on their own continent.—
Dr. Robert Mogielnicki,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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And Kimmel, who has never been accused of thoughtfulness or thoroughness, claiming that Colbert's contract offer proves something is once again wrong.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The key is to settle from a position of thoughtfulness, not panic.—
Michael Gargiulo,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Noun
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The goldendoodle’s shoulder tap felt almost human in its politeness, and the woman’s response — smiling, breaking off a piece and blowing on it — felt effortlessly warm.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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When talking to your peers, politeness is of paramount importance.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2026
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Wine-Coca conduces to mental activity and clearness, prevents fatigue and exhaustion, brings cheerfulness and sweet refreshing sleep.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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This kind of optimism and cheerfulness can make leaders more empathetic and pleasant to work with, partly because psychology research finds that positive moods increase helping, generosity and interpersonal understanding.—
Aditya Simha,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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In their telling in 1982, the broken window wasn’t merely a small, fixable problem but a cue that the block in question had no steward, that the neighborhood had no guardian, that ordinary obligations of civility were no longer in play.—
Elizabeth Glazer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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And Mary’s electric, palpably physical pursuit of justice becomes even more crucial in the final act, after a grotesque display of performative mockery toward Māori culture fractures the last remnants of civility present amid one of Cole’s lavish-yet-repulsive gatherings.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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In 2023, the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, unveiled a grandiose, if vague, project called the Global Civilization Initiative, which proposed an appeal to comity between civilizations and cultures—something of a Chinese counterpoint to the Western status quo.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
6 May 2026
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In a way, the intrusion of violence into the otherwise festive dinner did manage to galvanize a sense of comity between bitter political rivals.—
Daniel Klaidman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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That isn’t to say that Buffett conducts business with blind cheeriness and optimism — nor did Murphy, Buffett said.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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But that cheeriness might be starting to wear off.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Beyond the practical considerations like stadium sites and financing, experts say the MLB will also examine cities’ demographics and corporate presence.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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That’s becoming a more expensive consideration because AI tabs are starting to rack up.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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“Likability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likability. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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