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I happen to like movies and plays about dislikeable people as long as I get to know why they are what they are.
Stephen Sondheim

Meaning of "dislikeable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISLIKEABLE

dislikeable  [dɪsˈlaɪkəb əl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISLIKEABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dislikeable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISLIKEABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dislikeable in the English dictionary

The definition of dislikeable in the dictionary is not capable of being considered pleasant or agreeable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISLIKEABLE


achievable
əˈtʃiːvəb əl
adjustable
əˈdʒʌstəb əl
attackable
əˈtækəb əl
checkable
ˈtʃɛkəb əl
chokeable
ˈtʃəʊkəb əl
collectible
kəˈlɛktəb əl
comptable
ˈkɒmptəb əl
cookable
ˈkʊkəb əl
detachable
dɪˈtætʃəb əl
detectable
dɪˈtɛktəb əl
dislikable
dɪsˈlaɪkəb əl
domesticable
dəˈmɛstɪkəb əl
downloadable
ˌdaʊnˈləʊdəb əl
duplicable
ˈdjuːplɪkəb əl
enjoyable
ɪnˈdʒɔɪəb əl
evocable
ˈɛvəkəb əl
excommunicable
ɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkəb əl
expandable
ɪkˈspændəb əl
flickable
ˈflɪkəb əl
foldable
ˈfəʊldəb əl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISLIKEABLE

disleaf
dislikable
dislike
dislikeful
disliken
dislikeness
disliker
dislikes
dislimb
dislimn
dislink
disload
dislocate
dislocated
dislocatedly
dislocation
dislodge
dislodgement
dislodgment
disloign

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISLIKEABLE

able
agreeable
changeable
disagreeable
enforceable
foreseeable
impermeable
interchangeable
knowledgeable
loveable
manageable
moveable
noticeable
permeable
rechargeable
replaceable
saleable
serviceable
sizeable
traceable
useable

Synonyms and antonyms of dislikeable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dislikeable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISLIKEABLE

Find out the translation of dislikeable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dislikeable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dislikeable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dislikeable
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dislikeable
570 millions of speakers

English

dislikeable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dislikeable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dislikeable
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dislikeable
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dislikeable
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dislikeable
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dislikeable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak suka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unsympathisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dislikeable
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dislikeable
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dislikeable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dislikeable
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dislikeable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नापसंत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dislikeable
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antipatico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dislikeable
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dislikeable
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dislikeable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dislikeable
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dislikeable
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dislikeable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dislikeable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dislikeable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISLIKEABLE»

The term «dislikeable» is used very little and occupies the 157.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISLIKEABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dislikeable

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QUOTES WITH «DISLIKEABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dislikeable.
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Stephen Sondheim
I happen to like movies and plays about dislikeable people as long as I get to know why they are what they are.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISLIKEABLE»

Discover the use of dislikeable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dislikeable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reason to Change: A Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy ...
When I conclude that Iama fallible human beingcapable of being liked and disliked if new people don't like me, Iammaking atrue statement If newpeople don 'tlikemeand this is because of my dislikeable behaviouror a dislikeable trait,this only ...
Windy Dryden, 2003
2
Memory and Cognition in Its Social Context
That is, once a target person's behaviors are individually interpreted in terms of trait concepts, subjects attempt to extract an evaluative concept of the person as likeable or dislikeable. After this person concept is formed, the target may be ...
Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull, 2014
3
Speech Perception By Ear and Eye: A Paradigm for ...
That is, subjects would establish prototypes for likeable and dislikeable persons and evaluate and integrate the adjectives with respect to these prototypes. The likeableness judgment would directly reflect the relative goodness of the match to  ...
Dominic W. Massaro, Jeffry A. Simpson, 2014
4
What Customers Like about You: Adding Emotional Value for ...
Example 1 One person I interviewed found his boss immensely dislikeable and tried to describe why. These are his words: Everything he [the boss] tells me is totally rational. He has an answer for everything and seems to know it all.
David Freemantle, 1999
5
The Best Chicago Sports Arguments: The 100 Most ...
Who Have Been the Most Dislikeable Mopes of All? Not everybody is nice to the media. That's OK; the media aren't particularly nice to each other.Why should athletes be any different? But there is an elite group of Chicago athletes who have ...
John Mullin, 2009
6
Handbook of Motivation and Cognition: Foundations of Social ...
Targets who perceived themselves as likeable or dislikeable learned that a perceiver had evaluated them. Some targets were led to suspect that the perceiver had formed a favorable impression of them; others were led to suspect that the ...
Richard M. Sorrentino, Edward Tory Higgins, 1990
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Handbook of Brand Relationships
These corrections can then ironically create the opposite bias. one example of this type of effect is when people correct for perceived negativity toward the dislikeable source of a persuasive message. When the dislikeable source is ...
Deborah J. MacInnis, C. Whan Park, Joseph R. Priester, 2009
8
Resistance and Persuasion
For example, Petty, Wegener, and White (1998) exposed message recipients to a counter-attitudinal message presented by either a likeable or dislikeable source. Consistent with past research (Chaiken, 1980; Petty, Cacioppo, & Schumann, ...
Eric S. Knowles, Jay A. Linn, 2004
9
Attitudes and Attitude Change
Attitude Communicator: likeable dislikeable 10 9 8 7 5 4 6 3 none low Manipulation of cue reliability high experiment in which either a likeable or a dislikeable communicator argued that people should reduce their sleep time. Participants' ...
Tobias Vogel, Gerd Bohner, Dr Michaela Wanke,, 2014
10
Social Cognition, Inference, and Attribution
Moreover, suppose "kind" is typically associated with "likeable" in judges' semantic structures, "dishonest" with "dislikeable," and "intelligent" with neither " likeable" nor "dislikeable." Then, if judgments of the actor's likeableness are based upon ...
Robert S. Wyer, D. E. Carlston, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISLIKEABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dislikeable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Study: Watching racists be racist can make you more racist
... considerate, thoughtful, hostile, unfriendly, dislikeable. The results: The participants who watched the first type of video — the kind with subtle ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Toowoomba Rugby League offside over double booking
And, let's be honest, as long as the Fanatics are in the stands "cheering" him on, Kyrgios won't be the most dislikeable Aussie at the All England ... «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
TV Review: Benefits
This did not suddenly make her a sympathetic figure - far from it, the version of her in this programme was pretty dislikeable - but it did remind ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
4
Top 5 Netflix recommendations of the week: Nightcrawler, Fresh …
While a little uncomfortable to watch, particularly as Bloom is a despicably dislikeable character for a lead, you can feel the tension building ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
5
REVIEW: Alpha Beta, Finsborough Theatre
Another issue is that the principal characters are so dislikeable that it is nearly impossible for the audience to care about the state of their ... «British Theatre, Jun 15»
6
Blog: Harry Potter and the Hateful Dursleys, a Muggle's Point of View
... inhabitants of the famous No 4 Privet Drive; parents to the distinctly dislikeable Dudley; uncle and aunt to that beloved Boy Who Lived. «NDTV, Jun 15»
7
Ryan Corr on Banished, Holding the Man and gay marriage
Initially, the actor auditioned for the role of the dislikeable Major Ross, but was cast as the put-upon McDonald: in love with convict Kitty McVitie ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
Seeds of a mystery in a great-aunt's will
Late on, we understand that we actually care about these narcissistic, silly, dislikeable, unfortunate meatbags. That is no small achievement, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
Worry over young binge-drinkers as more seek help
“But after a few drinks, the more dislikeable side of me came out,” the 38-year-old said. “I was sarcastic, I character-assassinated my friends and ... «The Star Online, Jun 15»
10
If You Demonstrate that "Black Lives Matter," Others Will Too
They also rated the black American on six adjectives: kind, considerate, thoughtful, hostile, unfriendly, dislikeable. The results: participants liked ... «Newswise, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dislikeable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dislikeable>. Apr 2024 ».
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