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Insociable vs Unsociable - What's the difference?

insociable | unsociable |

As adjectives the difference between insociable and unsociable

is that insociable is not sociable or companionable while unsociable is not needing the company of others.

insociable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not sociable or companionable.
    • This austere insociable life. — Shakespeare.
  • (obsolete) Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
    • Lime and wood are insociable . — Sir H. Wotton.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    unsociable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not needing the company of others
  • not congenial or compatible
  • unfriendly

    • Antonyms

    * sociable