Antisocial - English meaning

adjective

Avoiding social interaction; inconsiderate of or hostile to others.

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A tendency to asocial behaviour

adjective

Lacking organization; untidy.

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His life was as disorderly as ever

adjective

Threatening the safety of people or the peace of a neighborhood

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A disorderly crowd, he was charged with disorderly conduct., a disorderly desk

adjective

Causing or tending to cause disruption.

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Disruptive pupils

adjective

Tending to damage the orderly control of a situation

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Disruptive social changes, the teacher said disruptive behavior would not be tolerated.

adjective

Causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual

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An absence of disruptive interpersonal issues makes for a healthier workspace., the start-up has al…

adjective

Causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant.

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He found such cynicism distasteful

adjective

Unpleasant and unacceptable

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He found the subject of their conversation very distasteful., some of the ads are particularly dist…

adjective

Not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order.

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A lawless region where peace never really took hold

adjective

Not permitted by law or not obeying the law; illegal

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The territory was once speckled with ranches and lawless towns.

adjective

Having or showing a dislike of other people; unsociable.

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A misanthropic drunken loner

adjective

Arousing distaste or opposition; unpleasant or offensive.

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I find his theory objectionable in its racist undertones

adjective

Causing offense or opposition

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Objectionable behavior

adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.

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The allegations made are deeply offensive to us

noun

An attacking military campaign.

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An impending military offensive against the guerrillas

Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

adjective

Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention.

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I became very rebellious and opted out

adjective

Avoiding the company of other people; solitary.

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He led a reclusive life

adjective

Living alone and avoiding going outside or talking to other people

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A reclusive billionaire, she became increasingly reclusive after the tragedy.

adjective

Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

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He is a reserved, almost taciturn man

verb

Retain for future use.

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Roll out half the dough and reserve the other half

adjective

Tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them

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Marcus is more reserved than his brother.

adjective

Shy and fond of being on one's own.

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A gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict

verb

Leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.

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He retired from the navy in 1986

adjective

Unwilling to be noticed or to be with other people

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He’s a shy, retiring sort of person.

Completely unable or unwilling to behave in a way that is acceptable to society, or suffering from a mental condition that makes you behave in this way

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Her foster father recognized her sociopathic tendencies early on., he was diagnosed as having a soc…

adjective

Not satisfactory or allowable.

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Unacceptable behaviour

adjective

Too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue

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These mistakes are unacceptable., the proposal is unacceptable to theater owners.

adjective

Unwilling to talk or impart information.

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He had always been quiet and uncommunicative, having few friends

adjective

Not willing to talk

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He had a headache and was uncommunicative.

adjective

Unfriendly, unhelpful, and not willing to talk or give information

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She was unforthcoming and claimed she could not remember any of the details., the company directors…

adjective

Not friendly.

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She shot him an unfriendly glance

adjective

Not enjoying or making an effort to behave sociably in the company of others.

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Terry was grumpy and unsociable

adjective

→  unsocial

adjective

(of the hours of work of a job) falling outside the normal working day and thus socially inconvenient.

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Many social workers work unsocial hours and work incredibly hard.

adjective

Used to describe the hours during which most people are not working

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Overtime payments help to compensate for low basic pay and unsocial hours.

adjective

Past participle of withdraw.

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

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Ruth withdrew her hand from his

adjective

(of a person) preferring to be alone and taking little interest in other people

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During the winter, she became depressed and withdrawn.