Antonyms for unamenable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə- |
Definition of unamenable
Origin :- 1590s, "liable," from Anglo-French amenable, Middle French amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" (see ad-) + mener "to lead," from Latin minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," variant of minari "threaten" (see menace (n.)). Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence. Related: Amenably.
- As in difficult : adj unmanageable socially
- Antonyms: unamenable, unaccountable, disobedient, insubmissive.
- Extract from : « Putnam's Word Book » by Louis A. Flemming
- Unamenable to influence, reflect their country, I suppose; but lovers of music.
- Extract from : « The Three Black Pennys » by Joseph Hergesheimer
- The women were proving so unamenable to his excellent reasoning.
- Extract from : « The Jervaise Comedy » by J. D. Beresford
- It belongs to some one else, and therefore is unamenable to discipline.
- Extract from : « The Crushed Flower and Other Stories » by Leonid Andreyev
- "Two days," replied Frieda sullenly, unamenable to sympathy which offered no immediate surcease of pain.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Balfame » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Synonyms for unamenable
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