as in detestable
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Recent Examples of unlikable
People want to protect their legacy and image, but Better Man has scenes where Robbie is highly unlikable.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
Best known for his role as Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg has a knack for portraying complex, somewhat unlikable characters.
—airmail.news, 2 Nov. 2024
At the start of the series, Kelly Taylor, played by Jennie Garth, was the unlikable character, but that opinion changed, and Brenda became the girl audiences hated on.
—Shamani Salahuddin, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
The problem is not that Jacob is inherently unlikable.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
Best known for his role as Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg has a knack for portraying complex, somewhat unlikable characters.
—airmail.news, 2 Nov. 2024
At the start of the series, Kelly Taylor, played by Jennie Garth, was the unlikable character, but that opinion changed, and Brenda became the girl audiences hated on.
—Shamani Salahuddin, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
The problem is not that Jacob is inherently unlikable.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikable
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Overall, the film has gotten a mixed reception, and Strong’s character is pretty detestable.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Social media soon was flooded with posts from people who found the character detestable, and the actor had no problem with that.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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In an America where the masks of the rich and powerful have long been dropped, Posey pulls off a mysterious emotional striptease, revealing the many layers of Victoria — lazy, childlike, despicable, poignant, inimitable.—
Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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All Americans should be thankful this despicable waste is being identified.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Despite his more contemptible tendencies of the past decade, Chappelle is a tremendously gifted stand-up at heart, and these sprawling monologues are always exciting.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2025
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Fiona Shaw is so perfectly contemptible throughout those scenes on the sailboat, rendering Angelica so completely self-absorbed and so cruel, that her likely death feels like an immediate relief.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
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This makes any concessions congressional Democrats may be able to obtain from their Republican colleagues worthless.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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These pump-and-dump schemes artificially inflate stock prices, allowing the perpetrators to sell at a high price before the stock inevitably crashes, leaving investors with worthless shares.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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But these feelings differ from the systemic barriers and biases that create environments where women—and especially women of color—are made to feel unworthy.—
Shari Dunn,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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To rename the Gulf of Mexico is so petty — unworthy of our greatness as a nation.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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Visiting the White Lotus’ Thailand hotel to learn new techniques and share her own, Belinda’s arc is less pitiable this season, but her purpose is arguably even more critical.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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No wonder the film nabbed so many Oscar nominations: Academy members are always going to want their cinematic Mexico to be a pitiable hellhole in need of salvation and a reminder to change its errant ways, a trope that goes back to the days of Manifest Destiny.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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As are the people supporting or justifying these vile acts of terrorism.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2025
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And for anyone who's forgotten just how vile Whitfield is, the next scene serves as a nasty reminder.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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The Eagles, meanwhile, aim to make their city’s police force grease the light poles for a parade because the fanbase is made up of deplorable animals.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2025
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As the Biden administration tried to tailor a peace deal, protests on US campuses and on the streets were paralleled with a deplorable rise in anti-Semitism around the Western world.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Unlikable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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