"unwelcome" meaning in English

See unwelcome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-unwelcome.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more unwelcome [comparative], most unwelcome [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unwelcome, unwelcum; equivalent to un- + welcome. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unwelcome}} Middle English unwelcome, {{m|enm|unwelcum}} unwelcum, {{af|en|un-|welcome}} un- + welcome Head templates: {{en-adj}} unwelcome (comparative more unwelcome, superlative most unwelcome)
  1. Not welcome. Translations (Translations): нежелан (neželan) (Bulgarian), неохотно приет (neohotno priet) (Bulgarian), uvelkommen (Danish), malvenu (French), unwillkommen (German), ανεπιθύμητος (anepithýmitos) (Greek), gyn failt (Manx), waingaio (Maori), ubuden (Norwegian Bokmål), mauviengut (Occitan), nieproszony (Polish), embarazoso (Spanish), inoportuno (Spanish), molesto (Spanish), ovälkommen (Swedish), eñcare (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-unwelcome-en-adj-HcN4vUmn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 64 36

Verb

Audio: en-us-unwelcome.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: unwelcomes [present, singular, third-person], unwelcoming [participle, present], unwelcomed [participle, past], unwelcomed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English unwelcome, unwelcum; equivalent to un- + welcome. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unwelcome}} Middle English unwelcome, {{m|enm|unwelcum}} unwelcum, {{af|en|un-|welcome}} un- + welcome Head templates: {{en-verb}} unwelcome (third-person singular simple present unwelcomes, present participle unwelcoming, simple past and past participle unwelcomed)
  1. (transitive, rare) To treat as unwelcome. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-unwelcome-en-verb--P5ZNh7h

Inflected forms

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