UNLOVABLE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

unlovable

adjective

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as in loathsome

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Recent Examples of unlovable Everyone knew taxis were an unreliable and largely unlovable service. —

David Malcolm, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 The Mosquito Coast is an utterly unlovable, uncompromising movie about a monster who will bring ruin to all those around him — especially his son, played brilliantly by River Phoenix — and Ford allows not a whiff of empathy into his portrayal. —

Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025 Sheltered is a single-cam series that tells the story of the misfit volunteers at an overworked and underfunded pet rescue who often feel as complicated, lonely, and ‘unlovable’ as the difficult dogs and cats in their care. —

Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025 This will be a core emotion like feeling unworthy, unseen, unlovable, unvalued, inadequate, insignificant, helpless, or rejected. —

Finnian Kelly, TIME, 8 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for unlovable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlovable

Adjective

Most of Becket’s relatives are loathsome (Grace is funny as a fraudulent self-help quasi-religious guru), though his uncle (the great Bill Camp) is a decent fellow who wants to lend Becket a hand.

— Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
In the show’s first episode, Jaquel Spivey, who starred in the Broadway production of A Strange Loop, a musical about the experience of being a self-hating fat gay Black man, is introduced as a loathsome incel.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026