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Asocial
[ey-soh-shuhl] 
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antisocial
[an-tee-soh-shuhl, an-tahy-]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonparticipating; avoiding company |
| Synonyms: | alienated, ascetic, asocial, austere, cold, cynical, eremetic, hermitlike, introverted, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved, retiring, solitary, standoffish, uncommunicative, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn |
| Notes: | to be antisocial is to be hostile to or disruptive of the established social order, marked by or engaging in behavior that violates accepted mores; while being unsociable means one is not disposed to seek the company of others or is reserved |
| Antonyms: | friendly, fun-loving, participating, sociable |
| Main Entry: | uncongenial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incompatible |
| Synonyms: | asocial, disagreeable, discordant, discourteous, incongruous, inharmonious, uncivil, ungregarious, unpleasant, unsociable |
| Antonyms: | congenial |
| Main Entry: | unthoughtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | antisocial, apathetic, asocial, blind, boorish, brash, deaf, discourteous, disregardful, egocentric, hasty, heedless, hot-headed, impolite, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indelicate, indifferent, indiscreet, insensitive, listless, madcap, neglectful, negligent, primitive, rash, reckless, rude, self-centered, selfish, sharp, short, tactless, uncaring, unceremonious, unconcerned, undiplomatic, ungracious, unheeding, unkind, unmindful, unrefined, unthinking |
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