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antisocial

/ˌæntiˈsəʊʃəl/US/ˌæntiˈsoʊʃəl/

antisocial adjective: unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.

Adjective

antisocial (comparative more antisocial, superlative most antisocial)

  1. Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.
    • antisocial person
  2. Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing.
  3. Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society.
    • antisocial ideals

Noun

antisocial (plural antisocials)

  1. An antisocial individual.

antisocial meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

antisocial in Tamil

சமூக எதிர்ச் செயலினர், நச்சரி, நோய் நுண்மந்தடை, நோய் நுண்மங்களை அக்ஷ்க்கிற, நுண்மத்தடையான, நச்சுத்தடையான

antisocial in Urdu

سَماج دُشمَن, سَماج بیزار

antisocial in Telugu

unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people
అసాంఘిక asāṅghika

antisocial in Malayalam

unsociable, unfriendly, uncommunicative
ഇണങ്ങാത്ത, സാമൂഹ്യബോധമില്ലാത്ത, സാമൂഹികമായി ഇടപഴകാത്ത, സംസർഗ്ഗശീലമില്ലാത്ത, സൗഹൃദമില്ലാത്ത, മിത്രഭാവമില്ലാത്ത
objectionable, offensive, unacceptable
സമൂഹവിരുദ്ധമായ, സാമൂഹ്യവിരുദ്ധമായ, സമുദായതത്ത്വങ്ങൾക്ക് എതിരായ, സാമൂഹികദ്രോഹിയായ, അധിക്ഷേ പാർഹമായ, എതിർക്കേണ്ട
More languagesFewer languages
antisocial in Kannada
ಸಮಾಜವಿರೋಧಿ, ಸಮಾಜಘಾತುಕ, ಸಮಾಜದ್ರೋಹಿ, ಸ್ನೇಹಶೀಲವಲ್ಲದ

Examples of antisocial in a sentence

  • Driving an SUV in an urban area is an antisocial act.
  • In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scotsport instead of going down the drinker.
  • In the dystopian Firefly ‘verse, the government itself is “antisocial.”

All 10 example sentences with antisocial

Antonyms of antisocial

Forms of antisocial

Adjective
comparativemore antisocial
superlativemost antisocial
alternative formanti-social
Noun
pluralantisocials

Origin of antisocial

From anti- + social.

Words formed from antisocial

Phrases with antisocial

Words that rhyme with antisocial

Questions about antisocial

What does antisocial mean?
Antisocial means unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.
What is antisocial in Tamil?
Antisocial in Tamil is சமூக எதிர்ச் செயலினர், நச்சரி, நோய் நுண்மந்தடை. See Antisocial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antisocial?
Antisocial can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce antisocial?
Antisocial is pronounced /ˌæntiˈsəʊʃəl/ (UK).

Words near antisocial in the dictionary

  1. antisnoop
  2. antisnooping
  3. antisnore
  4. antisnoring
  5. antisociable
  6. antisocial
  7. antisocial behaviour order
  8. antisocial behaviour orders
  9. antisocial personality disorder
  10. antisocial personality disordered
  11. antisocial personality disorders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antisocial (page history and authors); antisocial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antisocial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antisocial (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); antisocial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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