Meanings
comparative more unlovable · superlative most unlovable
- Not lovable.
After you get finished betraying all your friends, how long do you think it will be before you're all alone? You will age and die all alone. You are attractive but unloving and unlovable. You're the worst louse I have met in a long time. I hope you get what you deserve.
1983 December 17, “GDMFSOB (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 17
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveincapable of inspiring love or affection
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishlovable
- Englishunlovable
Translations
Finnish rakkautta ansaitsematon, kelvoton
- rakkautta ansaitsematonTranslations
- kelvotonTranslations
German unliebbar
- unliebbarTranslations
Polish nie do kochania
- nie do kochaniaTranslations
Cite this entry
unlovable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlovable
“unlovable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlovable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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