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unlovable

unlovable

5 6.1
Hard for people to like or feel close to
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈlʌvəbl/
  • Offensive
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  • Sometimes I think I might be unlovable.
  • feel unlovable
  • totally unlovable
  • really unlovable

That made me feel like I'm broken and unlovable and unworthy.

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Examples

  • There was a part of me that, as a child, nursed feelings of shame and fear, that felt unloved and unlovable.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I'm 53 and still trying to overcome the feeling that I am absolutely unlovable.

    Blog text (17)
  • A mother never thinks her child is going to be the unlovable one.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I told you I love you, that makes me unlovable.

  • The humans found us unlovable and threw us away.

  • But you're not unlovable, child.

  • Seek treatment before you become permanently, irreversibly unlovable.

  • But in Louis lves' darkest moments, he feared he was unlovable.

  • Diehl felt morose, unloved, and unlovable.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • She often feels unlovable because of her past experiences with rejection.

Antonyms

62 1.3

A person or animal that people like because they are kind

How Lovable

adored
2.6
lovable
62 1.3
likable
  • US
72 1.0
unlikable
10 4.2
unlovable
  • Offensive
5 6.1
detestable
9 6.5

Surface Forms

unlovable positive

Morphology

unlovable = lovable (transparent) = un + love + able

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'lovable', making the meaning straightforward.

Etymology

Unlovable starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses love meaning 'to love', so it literally means 'not able to be loved' and is used for a person or thing that is hard to love.