Antonyms for uncongenial


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhn-jeen-yuhl
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʒin yəl


Definition of uncongenial

Origin :
  • 1749, from un- (1) "not" + congenial.
  • adj incompatible
Example sentences :
  • Mark Twain's position on the 'Call' was uncongenial from the start.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • This is the kind of discord I have to bear, corresponding to your uncongenial company.
  • Extract from : « Hortus Inclusus » by John Ruskin
  • Stephanie could not refuse, though her errand was uncongenial.
  • Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil
  • They could not even realize their own plan of life in the midst of uncongenial mores.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Laura has no one but an uncongenial stepmother, and that is the reason we are so intimate.
  • Extract from : « Ladies-In-Waiting » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • The twentieth century is uncongenial to anything of that sort.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Green Ray » by William Le Queux
  • His private happiness was marred by an uncongenial marriage.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • The few boarding houses were crowded, and with an uncongenial lot as a rule.
  • Extract from : « A Wounded Name » by Charles King
  • Queen Mab and the Owl found him uncongenial, and flew away again.
  • Extract from : « 'That Very Mab' » by May Kendall and Andrew Lang
  • The whole production appears like a forced and uncongenial effort.
  • Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou

Synonyms for uncongenial

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