unwelcome

C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ənˈwɛlkəm/
adj verb Freq #23233

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not welcome

    Unwelcome publicity.

  2. 2
    adj

    Not welcome.

    This ſtraunge vnwelcome and vnhappie newes, Of theſe vnnaturall Rebels and vniust, That threaten wracke vnto this wretched Land, Aye me affrights my womans mazed minde, Burdens my heart, and interrupts my ſleepe, […].

  3. 3
    verb

    To treat as unwelcome.

    Devils and angels stood side by side on one platform to unwelcome him.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not welcome unwelcomeunwishedunwished-for

Etymology

From Middle English unwelcome, unwelcum; equivalent to un- + welcome.

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