Word Meanings - UNAMIABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive. -- Un*a"mi*a*bly, adv.

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• NATURISM
  The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.
• NATURALIST
  1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
• NATURAL STEEL
  Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
• AMIABLENESS
  The quality of being amiable; amiability.
• MOROSE
  particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected taciturnity." I. Watts. 2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. Syn. -- Sullen; gruff;
• AMIABLE
  friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious;
• MOROSENESS
  Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes
• NATURAL
  Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1. (more info)
• NATURALIZE
  1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. 2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of
• MOROSELY
  Sourly; with sullen austerity.
• NATURIST
  One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism. Boyle.
• NATURALNESS
  The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
• REPULSIVE
  1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. Pope. 2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners. -- Re*pul"sive*ly, adv. -- Re*pul"sive*ness, n.
• NATURED
  Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
• NATURALISM
  The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting
• NATURALLY
  In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.
• NATURITY
  The quality or state of being produced by nature. Sir T. Browne.
• NATURELESS
  Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton.
• NATURIZE
  To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature. B. Jonson.
• NATURALISTIC
  1. Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism. 2. Closely resembling nature; realistic. "Naturalistic bit of pantomime." W. D. Howells.
• SUPERNATURALNESS
  The quality or state of being supernatural.
• PRETERNATURALITY
  Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
• UNNATURE
  To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
• DEMINATURED
  Having half the nature of another. Shak.
• TIME SIGNATURE
  A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
• ORNATURE
  Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.
• SUPERNATURAL
  Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous. Syn. -- Preternatural. -- Supernatural, Preternatural. Preternatural signifies beside nature, and supernatural, above or beyond nature. What is very greatly aside from the ordinary
• SUPERNATURALISM
  The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than
• CONSIGNATURE
  Joint signature. Colgrave.
• PRETERNATURALISM
  The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.