What is the Latin word for unamiable?

The usual Latin words for “unamiable” are inamābilis, mōrōsus, difficilis; also inhūmānus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“unamiable” in Latin

inamābilisunattractive, unworthy of love, repulsive mōrōsuscaptious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please); peevish, wayward, capricious difficilisdifficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage inhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteous

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

unamiable

inamabilis (poetical and post-Augustan prose): *parum amabilis. Sometimes morosus: difficilis: morosus et difficilis: inhumanus.

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What is the Latin word for unamiable?: The usual Latin words for “unamiable” are inamābilis, mōrōsus, difficilis; also inhūmānus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.