dislikable

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The participants were then asked to recontextualize the stimulus by generating new kinds of thoughts about an image to make it less aversive, before a neutral image was presented followed by another dislikable image.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

Known mostly for amiable performances in romantic comedies and action flicks, the actress here is raw and courageously dislikable.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

An alien might expect us to find such music depressing and dislikable.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2021

Ema is the pair’s most challenging collaboration, populated largely by destructive and dislikable characters; only gradually do their prickly exteriors peel away to reveal the wounded souls within.

From The Guardian • May 1, 2020

“This,” said the bee with complete disdain, “is the Humbug. A very dislikable fellow.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster