unpleasant

A2 Topic:Describing People
US /ʌnˈplɛzn̩t/
adj Freq #6053

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Not enjoyable; making you feel uncomfortable, annoyed, or upset

    There was an unpleasant smell coming from the kitchen.

  2. 2
    adj

    Unfriendly or rude in the way someone behaves

    The waiter was rather unpleasant to the customers.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not enjoyable; making you... disagreeabledistastefulfoul
2 adj · unfriendly or rude in the... disagreeable
Opposites
Word family
Forms unpleasantness

Etymology

From Middle English unplesaunt, equivalent to un- + pleasant.

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