Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not pleasing; disagreeable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not pleasant; not affording pleasure; disagreeable.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
Etymologies
- From un- + pleasant. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“We do not," says a novelist in one of Mr. Moore's books, "we do not always choose what you call unpleasant subjects, but we do try to get to the roots of things; and the basis of life being material and not spiritual, the analyst sooner or later finds himself invariably handling what this sentimental age calls coarse.”
English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge
“Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer, apparently once an item of sorts, had both contributed essays to Jonah Golberg's new book, "Proud to be Right," and were selected to speak -- in unpleasant proximity -- on the book's behalf at a Georgetown University forum.”
“The site boasts material that didn't make it into the books, such as 5,000 words about which woods should be used to make magic wands and anecdotes about where Rowling found inspiration: why she called an unpleasant character "Petunia", for example.”
The Guardian: JK Rowling should remember that less means more in the Potterverse | David Mitchell
“In either case, the speaker is not threatening to do anything to the listner, but merely warning that what the listener is doing will (as the speaker believes) result in unpleasant consequences beyond the control of either of them.”
“This persecution complex you seem to have when not going out of your way to be unpleasant is just passive-aggressive nonsense.”
“If you brew coffee normally and then pour the hot coffee over ice, it results in unpleasant flavors.”
Coffee-Shop Threatens To "Punch" Customer In His "Dick" - The Consumerist
“In fact, they were "considerably unhappier" when they were thinking about topics they described as unpleasant or even "neutral," the researchers found.”
“All I will say is that I am damn sure that I do not read the publications that you automatically assume that all soldiers read and that I have spent a very large portion of my career in unpleasant places doing extremely unpleasant things.”
“Contravening the rules even slightly could earn you a long spell in unpleasant solitary, and really bad transgressions could get you shot.”
“What has been unpleasant is that the loser is trying to overturn the results by whatever means.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘unpleasant’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Un-word List
untrammelled, untoward, unenthusiastically, unenthusiastic, undaunted, uncanny, unceasing, unbridled, unacknowledged, unacquainted, unadorned, unaffected and 239 more...
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Prosie: Obama's Inaugural Address
In keeping with my other Prosies (like this one). There were a number of phrases as well as words in this speech that I found particularly compelling.
My fellow citizens: I stand here ...we did not turn b..., when we were tested, what storms may come, icy currents, virtue, hope, alarmed, depth of winter, revolution, snow, enemy, abandoned and 257 more...
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TT3 Lesson 35
aircraft, aboard, female, not at all, complex, male, would rather, could do with, chilly, suit yourself, smuggle, joke and 38 more...
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TN5 Lesson 58
do the dishes, done, yet, glass, plate, bowl, break, broken, chais, steal, stole, stolen and 11 more...
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BDS's Words
disambiguate, univocal, unpleasant, absurd, conflate, eradicate, pontificate, ascertain, confabulate, cancel, debris, pastabilities and 32 more...
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