Unappealing

Definition: Unappealing

Unappealing

Adjective

1. (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic".

2. Not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess".

Synonyms: Unappealing

Synonyms: unlikable (adj), unlikeable (adj), unsympathetic (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: appealing (adj), sympathetic (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Unappealing

English words defined with "unappealing": unappealingly. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	What's so unappealing about hearing your elderly father talk about sex? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If nausea makes certain foods unappealing, then eat more of the foods you find easier to handle. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Unappealing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 62.07% of the time. "Unappealing" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	62.07%	18	82,615
Adjective (general or positive)	37.93%	11	106,044
Total	100.00%	29	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "unappealing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		不吸引人 (unattractive, uninviting). (various references)

Farsi		نچسب , ناپسند (Absurd, Chilish, Incommensurate), غیرمنطقی (Inconsequential, Irrational), غیرقابل استیناف (Unappealabe), غیرجذاب (Unlikely). (various references)

German		unansehnlich (plain, shabby, unappetizing, ungainly, unpresentable, unsightly), nicht verlockend (uninviting), nicht reizvoll, nicht ansprechend, abstossend, nicht ansprechend. (various references)

Pig Latin		appealingunay

Russian		непривлекательный (charmless, forbidding, unattractive, uninviting, unlovable, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		protiv čega se ne može apelovati, neumoljiv (hard-shell, implacable, inexorable), nepriznatljiv. (various references)

Swedish		motbjudande (abhorrent, disgusting, distasteful, foul, hideous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, pestilential, repugnant, repulsive, ugly, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury), föga tilltalande (unprepossessing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "unappealing": unappealingly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Unappealing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unappeasing, unspooling. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "unappealing" (pronounced u'nupē"ling)
6	-u p ē" l i ng	appealing.
5	-p ē" l i ng	peeling, repealing.
4	-ē" l i ng	annealing, ceiling, concealing, dealing, feeling, healing, Keeling, kneeling, reeling, revealing, sealing, Seeling, squealing, stealing, unfeeling, wheeling.
3	-l i ng	ailing, ambling, angling, appalling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, killing, kindling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, seedling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-n-n-p-p-u"
	-2 letters: appealing, lagniappe, upleaping.
	-3 letters: lagnappe, paneling, pinnulae, pupilage, ungenial.
	-4 letters: alanine, aneling, anginal, anguine, anlagen, eanling, genipap, guanine, lapping, leaning, leaping, linguae, napping, paginal, papulae, pealing, penguin, pinnula, pinnule, planing, pulping, unagile.
	-5 letters: agnail, alanin, alpine, angina, anlage, anneal, annual, annuli, apneal, appeal, galena, genial, guanin, guinea, gunnel, iguana, laguna, lagune, langue, linage, lineup.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-n-n-p-p-u"
	+2 letters: unappealingly.
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Unappealing

Definition: Unappealing

Unappealing

Adjective

Synonyms: Unappealing

Crosswords: Unappealing

Modern Usage: Unappealing

Screenplays

Non-Fiction Usage: Unappealing

Health

Usage Frequency: Unappealing

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Unappealing

unappealing

Modern Translation: Unappealing

Chinese

Farsi

German

Pig Latin

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Swedish

Derivations & Misspellings: Unappealing

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Unappealing"

Anagrams: Unappealing

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

INDEX

Expression	Frequency per Day
unappealing	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.