Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Worthy of being disliked; displeasing; distasteful. Also spelled
dislikeable .
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- adjective Not
capable orworthy of beingliked ; not liked; regarded withdispleasure oraversion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective such as to provoke dislike
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Examples
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As they got older, Starkie says, he found Peter increasingly "dislikable" and "arrogant."
The Devil and W.W.D. Andrews, Suzanna 2007
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I don’t mind being peculiar – maybe I even cultivate it – but who wants to be described as dislikable?
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I don’t mind being peculiar – maybe I even cultivate it – but who wants to be described as dislikable?
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I don’t mind being peculiar – maybe I even cultivate it – but who wants to be described as dislikable?
Not A Geek? 2009
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Report Abuse how the F can you call dirk unlikeable, much less "dislikable"?
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And indeed in 1791 William Gilpin noted that "the generality of people" found wilderness dislikable.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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And indeed in 1791 William Gilpin noted that "the generality of people" found wilderness dislikable.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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And indeed in 1791 William Gilpin noted that "the generality of people" found wilderness dislikable.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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And indeed in 1791 William Gilpin noted that "the generality of people" found wilderness dislikable.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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And indeed in 1791 William Gilpin noted that "the generality of people" found wilderness dislikable.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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