unsocial

Adjective

Meaning

not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

private cold remote distant cool reserved hostile withdrawn solitary detached retiring shy lone self-contained lonely

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Antonyms

social common sufficient ethnic friendly tribal

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Phrases with the word

unsocial communication unsocial message unsocial post unsocial talk

Anagrams

cousinal Nicolaus Sualocin

Examples

A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial. Arthur Schopenhauer

And inasmuch as I am in a manner intimately related to the parts which are of the same kind with myself, I shall do nothing unsocial. Marcus Aurelius

Writing poetry, then, is an unsocial way of manufacturing a thoroughly social product. Richard Wilbur

These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop. That's very hard on them. They're being taught daily unsocial skills. Facebook is an unsocial skill. It's so sad. John Lydon

The dog is more social. I am not saying that cats are totally unsocial but dogs are more social. Temple Grandin

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. Samuel Johnson

Close letter words and terms

unsociable place unsociableness unsociably unsocial communication unsocial message unsocial post