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- Dictionaryunwelcome/ʌnˈwɛlkəm/
adjective
- 1. (of a guest or new arrival) not gladly received: "guards kept out unwelcome visitors" Similar Opposite
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adjective. us / ʌnˈwel·kəm / Add to word list. not wanted or desirable: Dogs stand watch for unwelcome visitors to the estate. (Definition of unwelcome from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
: not wanted or welcome. unwelcome news. an unwelcome guest. Synonyms. bad. bitter. disagreeable. displeasing. distasteful. harsh. icky. nasty. rotten. sour. uncongenial. unlovely. unpalatable. unpleasant. unpleasing. unsavory. wicked. yucky. yukky. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of unwelcome in a Sentence.
1. adjective. An unwelcome experience is one that you do not like and did not want. The media has brought more unwelcome attention to the Royal Family. A colleague made unwelcome sexual advances towards her. 2. adjective. If you say that a visitor is unwelcome, you mean that you did not want them to come. ...an unwelcome guest.
adjective. us / ʌnˈwel·kəm / Add to word list. not wanted or desirable: Dogs stand watch for unwelcome visitors to the estate. (Definition of unwelcome from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Things that are unwelcome are unpleasant or objectionable in some way. An unwelcome guest is one you didn't invite and you're not particularly happy to see. People are sometimes unwelcome, like your boring cousin who shows up unexpectedly for a long visit at the worst time.
Definition of unwelcome adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. 1. Not welcome or wanted: undesirable, undesired, uninvited, unsought, unwanted, unwished-for. 2. Arousing disapproval: exceptionable, ill-favored, inadmissible, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted.
(ʌnˈwɛlkəmd ) adjective. not welcomed. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'unwelcomed' in a sentence. unwelcomed. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins, or its parent company HarperCollins.
The earliest known use of the noun unwelcome is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for unwelcome is from 1603, in a translation by John Florio, author and teacher of languages. unwelcome is formed within English, by derivation.
The earliest known use of the adjective unwelcome is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for unwelcome is from around 1325. unwelcome is formed within English, by derivation.
