adj
Meaning 1
not desiring the company of others
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unsociable
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adj
Meaning 2
not congenial or compatible
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adj
Meaning 3
unfriendly
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who is not sociable.
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adjective
Meaning 5
not inclined to society or companionship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unsociable nature...shy and reserved
- generally unsociable except with intimate friends
- unsociable behavior
- an unsociable neighborhood
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: sociable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sociable English unsociable From un- + sociable.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: саможив (samoživ) — not desiring the company of others
- Bulgarian: необщителен (neobštitelen) — not desiring the company of others
- Galician: túzaro — not desiring the company of others
- Ancient Greek: ἄμικτος (ámiktos) — not desiring the company of others
- Hungarian: társaságkerülő — not desiring the company of others
- Hungarian: emberkerülő — not desiring the company of others
- Māori: kiripiro — not desiring the company of others
- Italian: insocievole — not desiring the company of others
- Spanish: huraño — not desiring the company of others
- Spanish: chúntaro — not desiring the company of others
- Spanish: insociable — not desiring the company of others
- Spanish: chúcaro — not desiring the company of others
- Welsh: anghymdeithasol — not desiring the company of others
- Bulgarian: несъвместим (nesǎvmestim) — not congenial or compatible
- Galician: insociable — not congenial or compatible
- Galician: túzaro — not congenial or compatible
- Italian: insocievole — not congenial or compatible
- Māori: kiripiro — not congenial or compatible
- Spanish: morugo — not congenial or compatible
- Spanish: insociable — not congenial or compatible
- Spanish: chúcaro — not congenial or compatible
- Spanish: chúntaro — not congenial or compatible
- Ancient Greek: ἄφιλος (áphilos) — unfriendly
- Hungarian: barátságtalan — unfriendly
- Italian: ostile — unfriendly
- Italian: insocievole — unfriendly
- Māori: kiripiro — unfriendly
- Spanish: huraño — unfriendly
- Spanish: ermitaño — unfriendly
- Spanish: chúcaro — unfriendly
- Spanish: chúntaro — unfriendly
- Spanish: insociable — unfriendly
- Welsh: anghymdeithasol — unfriendly
- Welsh: anghyfeillgar — unfriendly