persona non gratanoun [ C not after the ]
uk/pəˌsəʊ.nə nɒn ˈɡrɑː.tə/us/pɚˌsoʊ.nə nɑːn ˈɡrɑː.t̬ə/plural personae non grataespecialized politics a person who is not wanted or welcome in a particular country, because they are unacceptable to its government:
He was declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country within 48 hours.
someone who is not popular or accepted by others:
From the look on their faces, I was obviously persona non grata.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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