unpleasant
not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
Origin of unpleasant
1Other words from unpleasant
- un·pleas·ant·ly, adverb
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How to use unpleasant in a sentence
Pro-Israel politicians were quick to point out that they were "unpleasantly surprised" by this "trend-break."
Official Dutch Report Calls for Break with Uncritical Approach to Israel | Willem Aldershoff | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt affected Bud unpleasantly, just as the incessant bawling of a band of weaning calves used to do.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerTrenchard eyed the short, powerfully built man beside him, and laughed unpleasantly.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael SabatiniStartlingly Mrs. Briggs laughed, shrilly, unpleasantly, as a woman laughs in great fear.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandI live not unpleasantly, in a round of Ministerial dinners; but I am impatient to see my white house at Brighton.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon
They started up and off like the wind, followed by two shots from Robinson that whistled unpleasantly near them.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for unpleasant
/ (ʌnˈplɛzənt) /
not pleasant or agreeable
Derived forms of unpleasant
- unpleasantly, adverb
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