adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Disagreeable, off-putting.

   "Homer has been blamed for making his hero Achilles of too brutal and inamiable a character."

Synonyms

All synonyms

unamiable

Example

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"Homer has been blamed for making his hero Achilles of too brutal and inamiable a character."

Etymology

From in- + amiable. Piecewise doublet of inamicable, inimicable, unamiable, and unamicable.

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