Meanings
noununlikeableness (uncountable)
alternative unlikableness
- uncountableThe quality of being unlikeable.
To be "at home" in the presence of others is not necessarily to like them (nor is it necessarily to condone their characters or their actions), but it is to recognize them as beings who are like us even in their unlikeableness.
1997, Diana Fritz Cates, Choosing to feel: virtue, friendship, and compassion for friendsSynonyms: unlikability
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being unlikeable.
Similar
Also see
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
unlikeableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlikeableness
MLA
“unlikeableness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlikeableness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlikeableness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlikeableness.
Source: unlikeableness on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.