Uncongenial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Uncongenial is an adjective meaning Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
Meaning
Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
More Meanings
- Not appropriate; unsuitable.
- Not pleasing; disagreeable.
- (botany) Incapable of being grafted.
Example Sentences
He found office life uncongenial, and eventually left the company.
A few days brought time into that general routine of small observances which make up ordinary existence; but never had Francesca felt herself in a more uncongenial atmosphere.
However, they were all waiting - all the sixteen or twenty pilgrims of them - for something; and upon my word it did not seem an uncongenial occupation, from the way they took it, though the only thing that ever came to them was disease - as far as I could see.
Synonyms for uncongenial
Depending on context, synonyms include hostile, incompatible, disagreeable, unsympathetic, inhospitable, unfriendly.
Antonyms for uncongenial
Common opposites include congenial, agreeable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unfriendly, inhospitable, unsympathetic, disagreeable, incompatible, hostile.
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