Antonyms for likeable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lahy-kuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ kə bəl


Definition of likeable

Origin :
  • also likable, 1730, from like (v.) + -able. Related: Likeableness.
  • As in likable : adj nice, pleasant
Example sentences :
  • You might go far in that quarter for anything of dare-deviltry so likeable.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • He was one of our greatest heroes, and a most likeable fellow.
  • Extract from : « The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" » by George Davidson
  • She is so pale, so likeable, so downtrodden, and she has been so pretty!
  • Extract from : « The Affair at the Inn » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • Poor Philip, who was so kind, so likeable, so everything but loved by her.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
  • Church Street is the most likeable of all the streets of Stratford.
  • Extract from : « Summer Days in Shakespeare Land » by Charles G. Harper
  • I would not have believed a prince could be so likeable, sir.
  • Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough
  • She seemed much the more human and likeable of the two to Mr. Polly.
  • Extract from : « The History of Mr. Polly » by H. G. Wells
  • He was a most likeable man, this big fellow, and an open-handed sport.
  • Extract from : « Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford » by George Randolph Chester
  • From all these remarks it appears that the defective is a likeable creature.
  • Extract from : « Mentally Defective Children » by Alfred Binet
  • He could be likeable when he tried; she liked him, faintly, in that moment.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Bride » by Ben Ames Williams

Synonyms for likeable

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