UNLOVABLE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

unlovable

adjective

Definition of unlovable

as in loathsome

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Recent Examples of unlovable And Dakota also made Taylor feel unlovable, so this is Taylor’s way of trying to get that love back. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 The president of the United States has lately made the Hall of Fame bids of unlovable ballplayers a side project. — Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 This left her children in the painful position of needing parents who had been rendered unlovable. — Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025 Lazy and unlovable, Lutz is the butt of far too many jokes, transcending pity and passing into cringe-worthy territory. — Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unlovable

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Adjective

Given French’s loathsome history, Abbott and others in the party establishment worked hard to keep him from winning the Republican nomination, Rice noted.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Kraus’ paean to peace is written in the most luxurious and loathsome language imaginable — in one very long and fractured sentence.

— The Know, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of loathsome

Adjective

The Ostrich Army, though, dismissed the courts as corrupt and, beginning in late January 2025, started to flood CFIA offices with hateful messages and threats.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
But concrete evidence of Clark fans acting in a hateful manner — at least in real time — is severely lacking.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of hateful

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 Taliban’s odious treatment of women should in itself be sufficient to compel foreign countries to reconsider their approach.

— Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Using the odious term of genocide does nothing to help what’s going on in the Middle East.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026

Definition of odious

Adjective

No sooner had the Chiefs’ abominable 2025 season (6-11) come to an end, team president Mark Donovan said last month, than the organization pivoted to 2026.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
That led to cycles of reform and renovation, as well as backlash, chiefly from cultural conservatives, who saw the adoption of western European habits and attitudes as abominable and even heretical.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of abominable

Adjective

The allegations in this indictment are abhorrent and represent a profound betrayal of that trust.

— Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 4 Sep. 2026
The general idea predated Wilson, but his willingness to use it in service of that abhorrent compromise—subordinating the dignity and equality of individual people to the importance of the American union—showed that his commitment to popular sovereignty had its limits.

— Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026

Definition of abhorrent

Adjective

For people without underlying risk factors, COVID infections are not outright dangerous but remain deeply unpleasant, Guest and Chin-Hong say.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
Over time, the dog may start to associate the unpleasant noise with the barking and stop.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

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