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Word Meanings - UNSOCIABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. -- Un*so"cia*ble*ness, n. -- Un*so"cia*bly, adv.

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  • ILLIBERALISM
    Illiberality.
  • ILLIBERALNESS
    The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
  • INHOSPITABLE
    1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door Cowper. 2. Affording no shelter or sustenance;
  • NIGGARDLY
    Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. Bp. Hall. Syn. -- Avarcious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly; penurios; sordid;
  • UNSOCIABLE
    Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. -- Un*so"cia*ble*ness, n. -- Un*so"cia*bly, adv.
  • ILLIBERALLY
    In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.
  • UNNEIGHBORLY
    Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive. -- adv.
  • ILLIBERAL
    1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason. 2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous. 3. Not well authorized or elegant;
  • CHURLISHLY
    In a churlish manner.
  • CHURLISHNESS
    Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.
  • CHURLISH
    1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." Ld. Burleigh. Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. Cowper. 2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish
  • ILLIBERALIZE
    To make illiberal.
  • ILLIBERALITY
    The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.

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