unpleasant

  • 1Unpleasant — Un*pleas ant, a. Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive. {Un*pleas ant*ly}, adv. {Un*pleas ant*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2unpleasant — index bitter (acrid tasting), deplorable, invidious, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive ( …

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  • 3unpleasant — (adj.) 1530s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + PLEASANT (Cf. pleasant). Related: Unpleasantly; unpleasantness …

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  • 4unpleasant — [adj] bad abhorrent, bad news*, bad scene*, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, fierce, grody*, gross, hard time*, icky*, irksome, lousy, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, poisonous, repulsive, rotten, sour, troublesome, unacceptable,… …

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  • 5unpleasant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not pleasant; disagreeable. DERIVATIVES unpleasantly adverb …

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  • 6unpleasant — [un plez′ənt] adj. not pleasant; offensive; disagreeable unpleasantly adv …

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  • 7unpleasant — adj. 1) unpleasant to (he is unpleasant to everyone) 2) unpleasant to + inf. (it s unpleasant to talk to him = it s unpleasant talking to him = he s unpleasant to talk to = he s an unpleasant person to talk to) * * * [ʌn plez(ə)nt] unpleasant to… …

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  • 8unpleasant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste ▪ become, get, turn …

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  • 9unpleasant — [[t]ʌnple̱z(ə)nt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If something is unpleasant, it gives you bad feelings, for example by making you feel upset or uncomfortable. The symptoms can be uncomfortable, unpleasant and serious... The vacuum has an unpleasant smell...… …

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  • 10unpleasant */*/ — UK [ʌnˈplez(ə)nt] / US adjective 1) if something is unpleasant, you do not like or enjoy it The smell was very unpleasant. an unpleasant experience We were all ignoring the unpleasant truth. 2) a) not friendly or kind She was really unpleasant on …

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