UNSOCIABLE, UNSOCIABLY
ADJECTIVES
► FAROUCHE sullen, shy, unsociable; distant in manner → 1765
► HAGGARD froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable → 1580 obs.
► NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable → 1930 Amer. dial.
► OFFISH inclined to stand off; reserved, unsociable, shy → 1825 Amer.
► QUEER ill-tempered, captious; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult → 1885 Eng. dial.
► THARF reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable → 1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► UNCLUBBABLE not fit or inclined for society; unsociable → 1764
► UNCOMPANABLE not fit or inclined for society; uncompanionable, unsociable → 1555 obs.
► UN-FUCKING-SOCIABLE extremely unsociable → 20C US sl.
ADVERBS
► QUEER unsociably, ill-temperedly → 1896 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► M.R.A. unsociable behaviour; Major/Massive Reeb Action → 1980s US students’ sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAD MIXER a person who does not get on well with others socially → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CRAB an unsociable student or teacher → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DEADBEAT a worthless or unsociable person; a party pooper or one who is considered a wet blanket → 1872 Amer. sl.
► DEAD ONE a useless, unsociable, impoverished, or mean person → L19 US sl.
► GARBO an uncommunicative person; one who prefers little or no social life → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GEEK an overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular pursuit; one who is considered intellectual, and thus alien to the peer group → 1957
► LOBSTER an uncomplimentary term applied to one who is awkward and unsociable → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ONE TO HISSEL an unsociable, reserved person → 1884 Eng. dial.
PHRASES
► THUMB UNDER THE GIRDLE, A denotes reserve or unsociableness → 1607 obs.
VERBS
► DRINK WITH THE FLIES to drink alone; to be unsociable → 1943 Aust. sl.