Synonyms for persona non grata


Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-soh-nah nohn grah-tah; English per-soh-nuh non grah-tuh, grey-, grat-uh
Phonetic Transcription : pɛrˈsoʊ nɑ noʊn ˈgrɑ tɑ; English pərˈsoʊ nə nɒn ˈgrɑ tə, ˈgreɪ-, ˈgræt ə


Définition of persona non grata

  • noun unwelcome person
Example sentences :
  • I may have been persona non grata, but, if so, she did not express her feeling.
  • Extract from : « Birds of the Rockies » by Leander Sylvester Keyser
  • Unfortunately, the Girl, a persona non grata, cannot visit me.
  • Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
  • The grocer, who in being taxed aids in paying the officer's salary, is persona non grata.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • He knew something of the sleeper and decided on the instant that he was persona non grata.
  • Extract from : « The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Now Concha had been persona non grata with the Volunteers and he was not received by them with great enthusiasm.
  • Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 3 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson
  • He told me what a fruitless year and a half he had had there and how he was made to feel he was persona non grata.
  • Extract from : « Under Four Administrations » by Oscar S. Straus
  • After one trial she was persona non grata, because she wouldn't let them “rag.”
  • Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various
  • Kirkwood was successful, and those men who had sought his defeat were, naturally, persona non grata with the state government.
  • Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer
  • Seeing that I would henceforth be persona non grata at the palace, I sought obscurity in the writing and publication of books.
  • Extract from : « The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce » by Ambrose Bierce
  • To make my position more intolerable, I am persona non grata with both sides.
  • Extract from : « The Courier of the Ozarks » by Byron A. Dunn

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