UNLIKABLE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

unlikable

adjective

Definition of unlikable

as in detestable

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Recent Examples of unlikable Alcock has little-to-no name recognition, and instead of building up a positive profile of herself and the movie, has come across as unlikable and divisive in the press tour. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 Because of the twist but also the unlikable nature of the main character. — Kyley Sitton, Washington Post, 18 June 2026 Each of their characters has their foibles but neither ever leans unlikable. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 June 2026 Stars don’t like to play unlikable characters but Chenoweth had the guts. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unlikable

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Adjective

Soon after he was elected, the Half Moon Bay shooting occurred in January 2023, killing eight farmworkers and exposing detestable housing conditions for the county’s immigrant farmworkers.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
No matter how detestable the overthrown governments may be, precedents show that regime changes lead neither to democracy nor to peace, but to chaos, civil war and dictatorship.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026

Definition of detestable

Adjective

The fact anyone felt police were needed, or that Nevada couldn’t continue to play in the league, is despicable.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
The despicable Lindsay Clancy lawyer, using a repulsive alternative defense, shows the egregious chutzpah some shysters resort to to get a client off.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of despicable

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Those contemptible Clemson men even fell to the ne’er-do-wells from Auburn, Alabama.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
The scandal rocked the Cry Babies, prompting some to give the singer a new nickname, Felony Martinez, while inciting the majority to pile in against Timothy and dismiss her story as contemptible lies.

— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026

Definition of contemptible

Adjective

Some of those fans just believe the genre to be mostly musically unappealing or unworthy, but others also assume it to be made specifically by and for the MAGA set.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
Denigrating the relationship—deciding, for instance, that the rejecter was evil, dishonest, unworthy of your respect or time— devalues your own history, in effect consigning the whole relationship to the trash bin.

— George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of unworthy

Adjective

What could have been just a mimicry of, say, Edward Norton in American History X becomes something distinctly pitiable and unnerving on its own terms, and Gosling chased the heights of this tormented-20-something performance for a long time, up until the next film on our list.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Such a pitiable figure should pose no threat to the social order.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of pitiable

Adjective

Prosecutors reveal Ha used anonymous social media accounts to send dozens of vile antisemitic threats, leaking the victim’s home address and forcing their family to flee.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
New additions include singer Tank, who plays vile music exec Eric Cropper and Jax’s main client, Beauty in Black star Taylor Polidore Williams as Eric’s wife Brooke, La La Anthony as Eric’s first wife Melina, and then Megan Good as Regina Harris.

— Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of vile

Adjective

In some versions, she’s described as a morally deplorable witch taking part in the abuse of runaway slaves who was ultimately burned for her misdeeds and buried near the cemetery.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
That work, her work, shined a light on the deplorable conditions experienced by the workers harvesting our food in California.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of deplorable

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