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Antonyms for uncompanionable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuh m-pan-yuh-nuh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpæn yə nə bəl

Definition of uncompanionable

Origin : 1620s, from companion + -able. Related: Companionably; companionability.

As in reserved : adj silent, unsociable; constrained
As in solitary : adj alone, single; unsociable
As in standoffish : adj cold, distant
As in withdrawn : adj unsociable
As in chill : adj unfriendly, aloof
As in self-controlled : adj reserved
As in self-restrained : adj reserved
As in distant : adj aloof

Example sentences :

What an uncompanionable disagreeable person he must have been!
Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler

Whatever his qualifications might be, he looked stiff and uncompanionable.
Extract from : « Bernard Brooks' Adventures » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

It is the lack of training that makes the Chinese woman, as a rule, uncompanionable.
Extract from : « Oriental Women » by Edward Bagby Pollard

Foster had taken it amiss that Ray should seem so downhearted and be so uncompanionable.
Extract from : « A Soldier's Trial » by Charles King

It renders the husband nervous, morose, and uncompanionable.
Extract from : « What a Young Husband Ought to Know » by Sylvanus Stall

He described most minutely the traits of character which separated the two men and rendered them uncompanionable one to the other.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

The sourness of a childless, uncompanionable life was stronger for the moment than her strong mind and sense.
Extract from : « A Ladder of Swords » by Gilbert Parker

The large bearded vulture is not only an uncompanionable fellow to look at, but he doesn't behave respectably.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 » by Various

Uncompanionable and retiring, he lived with his books, and in his workshop making trinkets for children.
Extract from : « Maria Antoinette » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

The last Temple Temple Barholm had been an eccentric and uncompanionable person.
Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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