Antonyms for lovable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : luhv-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌv ə bəl


Definition of lovable

Origin :
  • also loveable, mid-14c., from love (v.) + -able. Related: Lovably.
  • adj very likable; endearing
Example sentences :
  • Who was ever more agreeable and lovable than Malbone last night?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The women are of all types, from the most loathsome to the most lovable.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • In this lovable mystery we journeyed all the rest of that morning.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Dear happy, lovable youth that can sing to itself like that in the deep night!
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Some are delightfully ingenuous, with the lovable simplicity of the child.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • Never was she so dear to me as now, so sweet, so lovable, so gentle.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • Reared in luxury, he was handsome as a girl and as lovable in disposition.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
  • Far more than that, he was a most interesting and lovable companion and friend.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • In addition to which he really seems to be loving and lovable in his family.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • And yet, 'the man Moses was very meek'; the most humble and lovable of men.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Synonyms for lovable

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