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insociable

insociable adjective: not sociable or companionable.

Adjective

insociable (comparative more insociable, superlative most insociable)

  1. Not sociable or companionable.
    • I abhor ſuch phanaticall phantaſms, ſuch inſociable and poynt deuiſe companions, […]c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • this austere insociable lifec. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    unsociable
  2. (obsolete) Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
    • Lime and wood are insociable.1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC

insociable meaning in Tamil and Urdu

insociable in Tamil

மற்றவர்களோடு இணங்கிப் பழகும் இயல்பில்லாத, அளவளாவும் பண்பற்ற, ஒத்துப் போகாத

insociable in Urdu

کم گو, خلوت پسند

Synonyms of insociable

Forms of insociable

comparativemore insociable
superlativemost insociable

Origin of insociable

From Latin īnsociābilis.

Words formed from insociable

Questions about insociable

What does insociable mean?
Insociable means not sociable or companionable.
What is insociable in Tamil?
Insociable in Tamil is மற்றவர்களோடு இணங்கிப் பழகும் இயல்பில்லாத, அளவளாவும் பண்பற்ற, ஒத்துப் போகாத. See Insociable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is insociable?
Insociable is an adjective.

Words near insociable in the dictionary

  1. insober
  2. insobrieties
  3. insobrietous
  4. insobriety
  5. insociability
  6. insociable
  7. insociableness
  8. insociably
  9. insocial
  10. insociate
  11. insofar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: insociable (page history and authors); insociable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insociable (Urdu 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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