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Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.
Jemima Khan

Meaning of "unromantic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNROMANTIC

unromantic  [ˌʌnrəʊˈmæntɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNROMANTIC

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

WHAT DOES UNROMANTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unromantic in the English dictionary

The definition of unromantic in the dictionary is not of, related to, imbued with, or characterized by romance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNROMANTIC


antiromantic
ˌæntɪrəʊˈmæntɪk
chiromantic
ˌkaɪrəʊˈmæntɪk
geomantic
ˌdʒiːəʊˈmæntɪk
hydromantic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈmæntɪk
hyperromantic
ˌhaɪpərəʊˈmæntɪk
mantic
ˈmæntɪk
myomantic
ˌmaɪəʊˈmæntɪk
necromantic
ˌnekrəʊˈmæntɪk
ornithomantic
ˌɔːnɪθəˈmæntɪk
postromantic
ˌpəʊstrəʊˈmæntɪk
preromantic
ˌpriːrəʊˈmæntɪk
pyromantic
ˌpaɪrəʊˈmæntɪk
romantic
rəʊˈmæntɪk
sciomantic
ˌsaɪəˈmæntɪk
semantic
sɪˈmæntɪk
spodomantic
ˌspɒdəˈmæntɪk
superromantic
ˌsuːpərrəʊˈmæntɪk
theomantic
ˌθɪəˈmæntɪk
ultraromantic
ˌʌltrəˌrəʊˈmæntɪk
zoomantic
ˌzəʊəˈmæntɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNROMANTIC

unroadworthy
unroasted
unrobe
unroll
unromanised
unromanized
unromantical
unromantically
unromanticised
unromanticized
unroof
unroost
unroot
unrope
unrosined
unrotted
unrotten
unrouged
unrough
unround

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNROMANTIC

antic
Atlantic
authentic
Battle of the Atlantic
cantic
Corybantic
frantic
gigantic
mid-Atlantic
North Atlantic
obscurantic
pedantic
quantic
sonantic
South Atlantic
sycophantic
the Atlantic
transatlantic
unpedantic
Vedantic
West Atlantic

Synonyms and antonyms of unromantic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unromantic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNROMANTIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

平淡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco romántico
570 millions of speakers

English

unromantic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unromantic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير رومانسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неромантичный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pouco romântico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আটপৌরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peu romantique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Unromantic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unromantisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無粋な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unromantic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unromantic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lãng mạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unromantic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनमोमिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

romantik olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unromantic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieromantyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неромантичних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unromantic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unromantic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onromantiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unromantic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uromantisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unromantic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNROMANTIC»

The term «unromantic» is regularly used and occupies the 80.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNROMANTIC» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «UNROMANTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unromantic.
1
Les Dawson
I'm the most unromantic lump of Northern suet. Yes, a woman did accost me once in South Shields, but she had a face like Red Rum.
2
Celia Imrie
I love not knowing what's going to happen next. With work, you never know. You rehearse and strive and get it right sometimes, and still you never know. Some people are like that with their marriages. They work and strive and labour and toil at them. God, what a bore! What an unromantic bore!
3
Jemima Khan
Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.
4
Sheryl Lee
You always hear actresses talk about how unromantic it is to act a love scene or a sex scene - which it is. You're doing it with all these lights on and cameras flying around and people on the set.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNROMANTIC»

Discover the use of unromantic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unromantic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Love: An Unromantic Discussion
Mary Evans investigates the sources of our ideas about love, where the concept originated and what its relationship has been to morality and moral systems; and our determination to find love, whatever the costs.
Mary Evans, 2003
2
The unromantic Orient
The Unromantic Orient is not only an impressionistic journal of a young man in search of certitude, it also provides insights into the spiritual transformation of Leopold Weiss who would soon convert to Islam and spend the rest of his life ...
Muhammad Asad, 2004
3
The Unromantic Love Birds
After having one more child who was a female, Funke completely became unromantic. She no longer entertained any form of romance with Charles. She didn't see any need for it since they have had enough children. It seemed that she had ...
Dipo Toby Alakija, 2012
4
The Firm of Girdlestone, a Romance of the Unromantic
Arthur Conan Doyle. it should fail. Among otherthings he proceeded to qualify himself as a dealer in diamonds. It happened that he was acquainted with one of the partners of the firm of Fugger & Stoltz, who did the largest import trade in ...
Arthur Conan Doyle, 2013
5
The Bazaar and Other Stories
The. Unromantic. Princess. W. hen the Princess was born the Queen, who knew what was usual, invited two Fairy Godmothers to her christening. Unfortunately, they arrived in a workaday mood, and full of modern ideas about girls. So that the  ...
Elizabeth Bowen, Allan Hepburn, 2008
6
The Unromantic Lady
Set in Regency society an historical romance, in which a lady of fortune scorns romance and is devoted to reason.
Penelope Stratton, 1997
7
Hunted Like a Wolf: The Story of the Seminole War
An. Unromantic. War. NEWS OF DADE'S DISASTER AND THE FIGHTING on the Withlacoochee moved northward slowly. Before Washington woke up to it, sixteen more plantations on the east coast of Florida had been ravaged. Refugees ...
Milton Meltzer, 2004
8
Liam O’Flaherty: the Unromantic Seanchaí
In this respect O’Flaherty’s work sometimes resembles that of D. H. Lawrence. His style is generally plain and direct and can be bitter. His stories show his vivid descriptions of animal life as well as a “natural power of empathy”.
張婉麗, 2009
9
Turbans and Tails; Or, Sketches in the Unromantic East
Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past.
Alfred J. Bamford, 2011
10
Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural ...
What about the subway? You mentioned earlier that was unromantic. It depends if you need to be some place, if you are to the airport or being on the subway dressed in your party clothes or not dressed in your party clothes and holding hands ...
Eva Illouz, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNROMANTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unromantic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Taylor Swift & Calvin Harris Prenup: She Thinks It's Totally …
She thinks it's so unromantic — it's like giving up before you even start. When she gets married, she wants it to be forever, no prenup required.” We totally get ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
2
Things that men find unromantic
There are certain scenes in movies that look so good, you want to replicate them in real life, but when you try, you are rudely reminded that life is not scripted. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
3
The uncivil jury, part 2: The unromantic origins of the jury and the …
In my previous post, I discussed Americans' unhealthy romance with the jury and the pitiful current reality of almost no civil jury trials. Litigants, the legal ... «Washington Post, May 15»
4
Imran Khan's wife Reham reveals details behind 'unromantic' proposal
... the 62-year-old Pakistani politician that day, which was an 'unpleasant experience', and added that his marriage proposal was 'unromantic,' the Dawn reports. «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
5
It was an evening of chivalry but I was left with an unromantic high-five
One Tuesday night a little while back, I found myself sitting in the driver's side of my mom's car, dropping off the wildly attractive boy I had just gone on a “date” ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
6
8 Unromantic, REAL Reasons I Stopped "Dating" My Husband
Well, I'm calling bah-humbug on this one because I've tried it and tried it and tried it again and in the end, all of that trying has only led to problems in my ... «YourTango, Mar 15»
7
'How Unromantic It Is To Die Of Tuberculosis In The 21st Century'
As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa slows and falls from the headlines, there is a temptation among many to view this outbreak as an isolated event. In fact, the ... «NPR, Mar 15»
8
In her unromantic memoir, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon leaves her …
Kim Gordon, 61, is a co-founder and bassist of the defunct indie rock band Sonic Youth. Photo by Alisa Smirnova via HarperCollins. At Sonic Youth's final show ... «PBS NewsHour, Feb 15»
9
Ireland's most unromantic places revealed ahead of St Valentine's Day
It's not good news for residents of Limerick ahead of Valentine's Day. The county has been rated as Ireland's least romantic. «Irish Independent, Feb 15»
10
6 Totally Unromantic Truths About Valentine's Day Spending
You've probably seen the headlines about how Americans will spend $18.9 billion on Valentine's Day this year, which would be an all-time high. Before you buy ... «TIME, Feb 15»

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