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Unsociable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNSO'CIABLE, a.
1. Not suitable to society; not having the qualities which are proper for society, and which render it agreeable; as an unsociable temper.
2. Not apt to converse; not free in conversation; reserved.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood" [ant: sociable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1600 1. having or showing a disinclination for social activity ; solitary, reserved 2. not conducive to sociability • unsociability noun • unsociableness noun • unsociably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not sociable, disliking the company of others. Derivatives: unsociability n. unsociableness n. unsociably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unsociable Un*so"cia*ble, a. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is unsociable does not like talking to other people and tries to avoid meeting them. My marriage has broken up. It has made me reclusive and unsociable... I am by no means an unsociable person. ? sociable ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Reserved, taciturn, unsocial, solitary, uncompanionable, ungenial, uncommunicative, averse to society.

Moby Thesaurus

Timonistic, aloof, antisocial, autistic, bashful, chill, chilly, close, cold, cool, cynical, disaccordant, disinclined to communicate, dissociable, distant, frosty, icy, incompatible, inhospitable, inimical, insociable, man-hating, meaningless, misogynous, mopey, mopish, morose, nongregarious, offish, reserved, secretive, self-contained, self-sufficient, sexist, shut-in, snug, socially incompatible, solitary, standoff, standoffish, strained, sullen, tense, timid, unamiable, unamicable, unclubbable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unconversable, uncordial, unfriendly, ungenial, unharmonious, unsocial, woman-hating