inamiable
/ɪnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bəl/
inamiable adjective: disagreeable, off-putting.
Adjective
inamiable (comparative more inamiable, superlative most inamiable)
- Disagreeable, off-putting.
- Homer has been blamed for making his hero Achilles of too brutal and inamiable a character.1783, Hugh Blair, “Lecture XLIII. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey—Virgil’s Æneid.”, in Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, T[homas] Cadell, […] and W[illiam]...
- If this be granted, it seems extraordinary that the most inamiable Qualities, and malignant Passions are attributed, without scruple, to the objects of Heathen Idolatry.1835, J. Parsons, “The True Source of Religious Knowledge”, in Sermons, page 174
- Synonyms:
- unamiable
Examples of inamiable in a sentence
- Therefore, the Panamericanism, in Europe, cannot and should not occur to anybody as presenting anything distateful or inamiable.1917, R. L. Lomba, “Statement”, in America House: A Scheme for Creating in Paris an Association Similar to the Washington “Pan American...
- It is one of the inamiable traits of the modern mass mind that magnanimity and good will are too often overshadowed by the forces of hatred and revenge.1947 April 7, “Bitter Legacy”, in China Mail, number 33632, Hong Kong, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:
- This makes GIS a very complex system and inamiable to new users.2006, Jianchun Xu, An Approach to Spatial Gathering Technology, page 20:
Synonyms of inamiable
Forms of inamiable
| comparative | more inamiable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inamiable |
Origin of inamiable
From in- + amiable. Piecewise doublet of inamicable, inimicable, unamiable, and unamicable.
Words formed from inamiable
Questions about inamiable
- What does inamiable mean?
- Inamiable means disagreeable, off-putting.
- How do you use inamiable in a sentence?
- Therefore, the Panamericanism, in Europe, cannot and should not occur to anybody as presenting anything distateful or inamiable.
- What part of speech is inamiable?
- Inamiable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inamiable?
- Inamiable is pronounced /ɪnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bəl/.
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