unamiability

But he went on going to see them, as though he did not notice their unamiability.

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories 2006

I ventured feebly to say that I did not see how progress could be made in any art or science, or indeed in anything at all, without more or less self-seeking, and hence unamiability.

Erewhon 2003

"_Glum_ is hardly the word, my dear; it conveys the impression of unamiability."

Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin

But you are not to blame Christianity for the stupidity and unamiability of Christians.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various

Notwithstanding, however, the unamiability with which he reproaches his companions in arms, there was much fun and feasting, and sauntering in the Prado, and bull-fighting and theatre-going, whilst the British were at Madrid.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various

Nattie, having been quarreling all day with intangible somethings, was rather glad than otherwise to find a real object upon which she could vent the unamiability resulting from her surplus discontent.

Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Ella Cheever Thayer

I wish to ask your pardon for my silly speeches at the table, and for all my unamiability, and to assure you I have not forgotten your great services to me, and I am not ungrateful.

The Rose of Old St. Louis Mary Dillon

And even if she did, in the noble spirit of altruism, rather than selfishness, the next woman, with one reproachful glance at her, would pick up the mutilated remains of the man's vanity and apply the splints of her respectful attention and the balm of her admiration, partly to add a new scalp to her belt, and partly to show off the unamiability of her sister woman.

From a Girl's Point of View Lilian Bell

I ventured feebly to say that I did not see how progress could be made in any art of science, or indeed in anything at all, without more or less self-seeking, and hence unamiability.

Erewhon; or, Over the range 1910

It was in this make-up that he always saw her when he thought of her years after: Nile green dress, bowed head, sitting at the quilting frame, and quite unaware of his presence, a picture of unamiability, conscious or affected.

Gänsemännchen. English Jakob Wassermann 1903