different between antisocial vs unpersonable

English

Alternative forms

• anti-social

Etymology

From anti- +? social.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ænti?so???l/, /?ænta??so???l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Adjective

antisocial (comparative more antisocial, superlative most antisocial)

1. Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people
2. Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
3. Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

antisocial (plural antisocials)

1. An antisocial individual.

French

Etymology

anti- +? social

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ti.s?.sjal/
• Homophones: antisociale, antisociales

Adjective

antisocial (feminine singular antisociale, masculine plural antisociaux, feminine plural antisociales)

1. antisocial

Descendants

• Russian: ?????????????????? (àntiobš?éstvennyj) (calque)

Further reading

• “antisocial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French antisocial

Adjective

antisocial m or n (feminine singular antisocial?, masculine plural antisociali, feminine and neuter plural antisociale)

1. antisocial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

anti- +? social

Adjective

antisocial (plural antisociales)

1. antisocial

Further reading

• “antisocial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

un- +? personable

Adjective

unpersonable (comparative more unpersonable, superlative most unpersonable)

1. Not personable.
   • 1915, John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps

     By the time I had finished the looking-glass showed a not unpersonable young man.