Antonyms for more acceptable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ak-sep-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ækˈsɛp tə bəl


Definition of more acceptable

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis "worthy of acceptance," from acceptare (see accept). Related: Acceptably.
  • adj satisfactory, agreeable
Example sentences :
  • Think not a great gift is more acceptable than a little one.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • But the more saintly is a Saint, the more acceptable is his prayer to God.
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
  • There is no more acceptable sacrifice than the blood of a tyrant.
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
  • I know nothing is more acceptable than to speak of one who is to be so; but to speak of one who is so!
  • Extract from : « Isaac Bickerstaff » by Richard Steele
  • Why, the one feeling which she was taught was more acceptable to God than any other, was fear.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Margery » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • No more acceptable edition of some of Grimm's Stories has been published.
  • Extract from : « Under the Rebel's Reign » by Charles Neufeld
  • This was considered pure and more acceptable as it had belonged to no man.
  • Extract from : « Modern Persia » by Mooshie G. Daniel
  • No better match, nor one more acceptable to the Queen, could be found for him.
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • This intelligence was more acceptable to Paul than the baton of a general.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
  • And what more acceptable Christmas gift could we make to those "over there?"
  • Extract from : « A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl » by Amy L. Waterman

Synonyms for more acceptable

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