Meaning & use
dislikeable
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Meaning
adjectivecomparable
easy to dislike; having qualities that make people not like you or it.
Grammar: Gradable: you can say 'more dislikeable' or 'most dislikeable'. It describes a person or thing.
Patterns
- a dislikeable person
- find someone dislikeable
- something is dislikeable to someone
He can be quite dislikeable when he is tired and rude.
The character in the novel is intentionally dislikeable.
Her habit of interrupting makes her dislikeable to her classmates.
Word forms
| comparative | more dislikeable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dislikeable |
Common combinations
- find someone dislikeable
- Many people find him dislikeable because of his arrogance.
- a dislikeable character
- The movie's villain is a truly dislikeable character.
- make oneself dislikeable
- He made himself dislikeable by complaining all the time.
Synonyms and how they differ
- unlikable
- More common and slightly stronger; it means not pleasant or easy to like.
- unpleasant
- Broader; it can describe experiences and things, not just people.
- obnoxious
- Much stronger and means very annoying or offensive.
Opposites
Word family
- dislike verb
- to not like someone or something.
- dislike noun
- a feeling of not liking someone or something.
- dislikeable adjective
- another spelling of 'dislikable'.
Commonly confused: dislikeable or unlikeable?
dislikeable vs unlikeable
Both mean not easy to like, but 'unlikeable' is far more common and often suggests a stronger judgment.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'dislikeable' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Dislikeable' is an adjective describing a person or thing that is easy to dislike. Option 1 is wrong because food is usually called 'unpleasant' or 'disgusting'; option 3 uses it as a verb; option 4 uses it as a noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “dislikeable”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.