unamiable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bəl/
Etymology
From un- + amiable. Piecewise doublet of inamiable, inamicable, inimicable, and unamicable.
Meanings
-
Not amiable; not likable.
Burning torches and heated irons are sometimes resorted to as aids in subduing unamiable and obstinate animals.
1876, Golden Hours: A Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume 8, page 208:A daguerreotype likeness, do you mean? […] I don’t much like pictures of that sort—they are so hard and stern; besides dodging away from the eye, and trying to escape altogether. They are conscious of looking very unamiable, I suppose, and therefore hate to be seen.
1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Maule’s Well”, in The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 101:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unamiable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unamiable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unamiably · unamiableness · unamiability
Synonyms
Translations (4)
gv neughennal (not amiable) · gd mì-cheanalta (not amiable) · bg нелюбезен (not amiable) · gv neughraihagh (not amiable)