likable
adjective
readily or easily liked; pleasing.
unlikable
-
a word derived from
likable.
Example Sentences
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Yoon’s prickly, unlikable James is the character many will align with, to their chagrin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The novel’s three principal characters are such an unlikable bunch that their fate—prison or morgue—may not matter much to readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
That Belmondo morphs from appealing photojournalist to unlikable sexual cad while the picture’s ostensible star—Claude Brasseur as an inadvertent cop killer—disappears for long stretches does the picture no favors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
These are the flawed, unlikable people that Bong loves to make us hate.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
His environment had left its unlikable marks on him, but in the antebellum South, I could have found myself at the mercy of someone much worse—could have been descended from someone much worse.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
