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

People commonly used tobacco to treat many ailments, including indigestion, respiratory problems, pain and loathsome mouth afflictions.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Platner is loathsome in so many ways.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026

Definition of loathsome

Adjective

Look the steady coarsening of American civic and political culture and the ways in which the once-outrageous—the bilious, hateful rhetoric and the creeping authoritarianism—have become almost ordinary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Although Fang was charged in a single incident, authorities allege the defendant was responsible for a string of hateful messages found across the Northern California campus.

— Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 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

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
An actually difficult person would ask for a seafood extravaganza and then complain that all there is to eat is … seafood (and that odious food group, vegetables).

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 June 2026

Definition of odious

Adjective

Those who are at the club often seem either disinterested or go into their shells, contributing to an abominable home record at a stadium where opposing teams and fans usually have a great day out.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2026
And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills?

— Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of abominable

Adjective

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
These racist, sexist and abhorrent comments absolutely do not reflect the values of the Massachusetts State Police and are not tolerated within our ranks.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 June 2026

Definition of abhorrent

Adjective

While some may be looking for more reasons to eat cookies, many more are simply hesitating to eat salads and other fresh produce amid a multistate outbreak of cyclospora, known for that unpleasant symptom, among others.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Principal owner John Middleton recently discussed the challenging decision to dismiss longtime manager Rob Thomson, admitting that terminating employees remains the most difficult and unpleasant aspect of his executive role, even after decades.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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