unpleasant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ʌnˈplɛzn̩t/
Etymology
From Middle English unplesaunt, equivalent to un- + pleasant.
Meanings
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Not pleasant.
[…] she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: […]
1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Down the Rabbit-Hole”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 10:The very circumstance, in its unpleasantest form, which they would each have been most anxious to avoid, had fallen on them.
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 35, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:It was indeed one admirable piece of Conduct in the said Magistrates, that the Streets were kept constantly clear, and free from all manner of frightful Objects, dead Bodies, or any such things as were indecent or unpleasant, unless where any Body fell down suddenly or died in the Streets […]
1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt, page 214:An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent weeks, officials say, forcing shoreline cleanups, spreading unpleasant odor and spurring scientists to further investigate the extent of the ecological damage.
2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN:O sweet Portia, / Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words / That ever blotted paper!
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:And I dipped into novels so like the unpleasanter parts of my own life that they might just as well have been autobiographies.
1921, Walter de la Mare, “Chapter 37”, in Memoirs of a Midget:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unpleasanter | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| unpleasantest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unpleasant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unpleasant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unpleasantness · unpleasantry · unpleasantish · unpleasantly
Hyponyms
malodorous · cacophonous · unpalatable
Relateds
Synonyms
horrid · harsh · scabrous · repugnant · obscene · grim · disgusting · grody · loathsome · fulsome · demonic · rancid · munted · revolting · sickly · disagreeable · abhorrent · bum · nasty · distasteful · nauseous · grotty · gro · rank · gooey · abhorrant · bad · offensive · unpleasant · foul · distasteful · repulsive · sickening · disagreeable · gross · obnoxious · infernal · strident · mean · vile
Translations (77)
ota لذتسز (not pleasant) · ro nedorit (not pleasant) · be непрые́мны (not pleasant) · bg противен (not pleasant) · fi epämiellyttävä (not pleasant) · hi अप्रिय (not pleasant) · ka უსიამო (not pleasant) · ko 언짢다 (not pleasant) · uk неприє́мний (not pleasant) · pdt onaunjenäm (not pleasant) · sh не̏прија̄тан (not pleasant) · pt desagradável (not pleasant) · fi kelju (not pleasant) · de unangenehm (not pleasant) · ro neplăcut (not pleasant) · ga míthaitneamhach (not pleasant) · gd caca (not pleasant) · sk nepríjemný (not pleasant) · es desagradable (not pleasant) · bg неприя́тен (not pleasant) · tr çirkin (not pleasant) · ka არასასიამოვნო (not pleasant) · es no plácido (not pleasant) · lv nepatīkams (not pleasant) · fr déplaisant (not pleasant) · fr pénible (not pleasant) · fr désagréable (not pleasant) · mk непријатен (not pleasant) · ru неприя́тный (not pleasant) · ckb ناخۆش (not pleasant) · ka უსიამოვნო (not pleasant) · zza mezewır (not pleasant) · it scostante (not pleasant) · az xoşagəlməz (not pleasant) · es desapacible (not pleasant) · ota طاتسز (not pleasant) · af onaangenaam (not pleasant) · eo malagrabla (not pleasant) · tr nahoş (not pleasant) · es poco placible (not pleasant) · mi maiorooro (not pleasant) · ca desagradable (not pleasant) · mi haruharu (not pleasant) · grc ἀχάριστος (not pleasant) · la iniūcundus (not pleasant) · hu kellemetlen (not pleasant) · sh nȅprijātan (not pleasant) · es insuave (not pleasant) · cy annymunol (not pleasant) · la inamoenus (not pleasant) · sl neprijeten (not pleasant) · pt injucundo (not pleasant) · zza nağoş (not pleasant) · fa ناخوشایند (not pleasant) · mi porokawa (not pleasant) · cs nepříjemný (not pleasant) · it spiacevole (not pleasant) · sh не̏угодан (not pleasant) · it sgradito (not pleasant) · ro neagreat (not pleasant) · txb eñcare (not pleasant) · tr sevimsiz (not pleasant) · es nada placentero (not pleasant) · eo neplaĉa (not pleasant) · sa अश्रीर (not pleasant) · ota ناخوش (not pleasant) · la illepidus (not pleasant) · pl nieprzyjemny (not pleasant) · cmn 令人不快的 (not pleasant) · tr tatsız (not pleasant) · sv otrevlig (not pleasant) · el δυσάρεστος (not pleasant) · mi haunga (not pleasant) · it sgradevole (not pleasant) · ga míphléisiúrtha (not pleasant) · sh nȅugodan (not pleasant) · mi kōtuhi (not pleasant)