unappealing

Questions about unappealing

What does unappealing mean?

unappealing means "(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unappealing?

unappealing has 4 syllables: un-ap-pea-ling. The stress falls on "pea". In IPA it is /ˌʌnəˈpilɪŋ/.

What is another word for unappealing?

Close synonyms include unsympathetic, unlikeable, unlikable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unappealing?

The recorded antonyms are appealing.

Is unappealing a common word?

unappealing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unappealing?

2 words rhyme with unappealing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.