UNLOVABLE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

unlovable

adjective

Definition of unlovable

as in loathsome

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Recent Examples of unlovable And Dakota also made Taylor feel unlovable, so this is Taylor’s way of trying to get that love back. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 The president of the United States has lately made the Hall of Fame bids of unlovable ballplayers a side project. — Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 This left her children in the painful position of needing parents who had been rendered unlovable. — Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025 Lazy and unlovable, Lutz is the butt of far too many jokes, transcending pity and passing into cringe-worthy territory. — Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unlovable

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Adjective

People commonly used tobacco to treat many ailments, including indigestion, respiratory problems, pain and loathsome mouth afflictions.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Platner is loathsome in so many ways.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026

Definition of loathsome

Adjective

Grabs a ketchup bottle and garnishes his face, before squirting mustard into his hateful, piggish eyes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
Doukoure characterized Tuesday's rhetoric as hateful but said CAIR and members of the Muslim community have become accustomed to being targeted because of their advocacy.

— Gino Vicci, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hateful

Adjective

Soon after he was elected, the Half Moon Bay shooting occurred in January 2023, killing eight farmworkers and exposing detestable housing conditions for the county’s immigrant farmworkers.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
No matter how detestable the overthrown governments may be, precedents show that regime changes lead neither to democracy nor to peace, but to chaos, civil war and dictatorship.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026

Definition of detestable

Adjective

The Taliban’s odious treatment of women should in itself be sufficient to compel foreign countries to reconsider their approach.

— Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Using the odious term of genocide does nothing to help what’s going on in the Middle East.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026

Definition of odious

Adjective

No sooner had the Chiefs’ abominable 2025 season (6-11) come to an end, team president Mark Donovan said last month, than the organization pivoted to 2026.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
That led to cycles of reform and renovation, as well as backlash, chiefly from cultural conservatives, who saw the adoption of western European habits and attitudes as abominable and even heretical.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of abominable

Adjective

The general idea predated Wilson, but his willingness to use it in service of that abhorrent compromise—subordinating the dignity and equality of individual people to the importance of the American union—showed that his commitment to popular sovereignty had its limits.

— Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
These racist, sexist and abhorrent comments absolutely do not reflect the values of the Massachusetts State Police and are not tolerated within our ranks.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 June 2026

Definition of abhorrent

Adjective

Activewear After sweating it out in your beloved activewear, avoid using the hotter temperatures in the washing machine to sanitize and remove unpleasant odors.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026
The mediocre screen was an unpleasant surprise given that this thing advertised 100 percent sRGB gamut coverage when it was announced and on its product page for many weeks (the Internet Archive captures it here).

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

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