UNALLURING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

unalluring

adjective

Definition of unalluring

as in repulsive

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Recent Examples of unalluring Los Angeles has never been more unalluring than in this bleak, racy and hard-to-put-down piece of neo-noir by first-time novelist Halley Sutton, who’s a kind of #MeToo Jim Thompson. — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020

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Adjective

The despicable Lindsay Clancy lawyer, using a repulsive alternative defense, shows the egregious chutzpah some shysters resort to to get a client off.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
However, all this may as well go out the window the further the film goes on, and the more Darya’s search for answers about her past plays out in the form of generative digital regurgitations with repulsive textures.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of repulsive

Adjective

Decide for yourself whether that’s a bold indicator of English football’s superiority over the rest of the world, or a revolting symbol of the bloated and vulgar behemoth that the game has become.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Their dynamic is instead a cudgel to beat the film into an even more revolting shape.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of revolting

Adjective

But Alicia soon begins to suspect that her daughter is one of the children grotesquely stolen from the desaparecidos, dissidents disappeared by the country’s authoritarian junta, and that her husband might be in on the repugnant scheme.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
Trump’s selling Wall Street early access to his Truth Social posts is ethically repugnant, but may be legal, columnist Michael Hiltzik writes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of repugnant

Adjective

There won’t be any tedious downloading of APK files or tinkering with a developer console—you’ll be able to send apps to the Play Store right from AI Studio.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026
Multiplying two matrices together requires a tedious amount of arithmetic.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of tedious

Adjective

One standout is the Columbia Switchback IV Hooded Packable Jacket; its packable, water-repellant design keeps you prepared for unpredictable fall weather, even when suitcase space is limited.

— Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2026
Rarely exhibited and here remade with another Trans Am as MBD_Trans Am (2026), the piece is paired with an ominous booming sound that is both alluring and repellent.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of repellent

Adjective

As Slotnick told Gothamist, the pop-up has been particularly irksome for the block’s small businesses.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
Ben Shelton remembers the exact phrase that sprang into his mind near the end of his first-round match at Wimbledon this year, an irksome loss to Otto Virtanen of Finland.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of irksome

Adjective

The pre-selection debates about three- or four-loss SEC squads and some team no one actually watches will prove incredibly tiresome, too.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Nearly all its arrangements hew to a standard radio-pop format, and in the record’s back half this lack of imagination becomes tiresome.

— Enzo Escober, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tiresome

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