adj
Meaning 1
Not welcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: welcome
Standard Lemma guide
unwelcome
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verb
Meaning 2
To treat as unwelcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unwelcome publicity
- unwelcome interruptions
- unwelcome visitors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: welcome
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
not welcome
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unwelcome publicity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unwished, unwished-for
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English unwelcome, unwelcum; equivalent to un- + welcome.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нежелан (neželan) — Translations
- Bulgarian: неохотно приет (neohotno priet) — Translations
- Danish: uvelkommen — Translations
- Esperanto: malbonvena — Translations
- French: malvenu — Translations
- German: unwillkommen — Translations
- Greek: ανεπιθύμητος (anepithýmitos) — Translations
- Hindi: अवांछित (avāñchit) — Translations
- Manx: gyn failt — Translations
- Māori: waingaio — Translations
- Norwegian Bokmål: ubuden — Translations
- Occitan: mauviengut — Translations
- Polish: nieproszony — Translations
- Spanish: embarazoso — Translations
- Spanish: inoportuno — Translations
- Spanish: molesto — Translations
- Swedish: ovälkommen — Translations
- Tocharian B: eñcare — Translations
- Woiwurrung: nga-be-din-da-boodom-boun — Translations
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