unpleasable en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + pleasable.
Meanings
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That cannot be pleased; implacable.
A perusal of “Little Girl Lost” reveals John Drew Barrymore (who died in 2004) as one of those looming, unpleasable fathers, subject to disappearing acts, alcoholic binges, irrational rages.
2009 September 27, Michael Almereyda, “Stepping Into the Skates of the Director”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unpleasable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unpleasable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |