Synonyms for uncompanionable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh m-pan-yuh-nuh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpæn yə nə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for uncompanionable Other synonyms for the word uncompanionable
- antisocial
- aseptic
- backward
- bashful
- casual
- ceremonious
- cloistered
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- companionless
- controlled
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- depressing
- deserted
- desolate
- detached
- diffident
- disinterested
- dismal
- dispiriting
- emotionless
- eremetic
- eremitic
- formal
- forsaken
- friendless
- frigid
- gentle
- glacial
- hateful
- haughty
- hermitical
- hidden
- hostile
- icy
- incurious
- indifferent
- individual
- inhibited
- insociable
- introverted
- isolated
- laid back
- lonesome
- lorn
- mild
- misanthropic
- noncommittal
- nongregarious
- offish
- on ice
- only
- out-of-the-way
- particular
- placid
- prim
- proud
- put on airs
- quiet
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- retired
- retiring
- retreated
- secluded
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-controlled
- self-restrained
- separate
- sequestered
- serene
- shrinking
- shy
- silent
- singular
- soft-spoken
- sole
- solitary
- solo
- stag
- standoff
- standoffish
- stiff
- stony
- stuck-up
- taciturn
- timorous
- unaccompanied
- unapproachable
- unattended
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- unconcerned
- uncurious
- undemonstrative
- unemotional
- unforthcoming
- unfrequented
- unfriendly
- ungenial
- unhappy
- uninterested
- unique
- unresponsive
- unsociable
- unsocial
- unwelcoming
- uppity
- wintry
- withdrawn
Définition 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- As in withdrawn : adj unsociable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
- 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
Antonyms for uncompanionable
- accompanied
- adjacent
- agitated
- assured
- bold
- clamorous
- close
- combined
- common
- communicative
- confident
- disturbed
- excited
- extroverted
- friendly
- general
- given
- hot
- kind
- known
- near
- nearby
- neighboring
- noisy
- offered
- ordinary
- outgoing
- responsive
- seen
- sociable
- sympathetic
- together
- troubled
- unreserved
- upset
- visible
- warm
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