Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not pleasing; disagreeable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not pleasant; not affording pleasure; disagreeable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not pleasant.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings

Etymologies

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From un- +‎ pleasant.

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