Definition of unpleasant Unpleasant

/ʌnplɛˈzʌnt/ - [unplezunt] - un•pleas•ant

We found 5 definitions of unpleasant from 5 different sources.

What does unpleasant mean?

WordNet

Adjective
unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
		pleasant (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
		displeasing causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
		ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
		nasty, awful exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
		offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
		unpalatable not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
		pleasantness, sweetness the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"
		acerb, caustic, vitriolic, acrid, acerbic, acid, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, blistering, bitter harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
		god-awful, beastly, hellish resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
		forbidding, dour, grim harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
		dreadful very unpleasant
		embarrassing, mortifying causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
		harsh, rough sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"
		harsh sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"
		hot marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
		afflictive, sore, painful causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
		rebarbative, repellant, repellent serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
		sharp-worded, tart, sharp having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"
		ungrateful not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare

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Wiktionary

unpleasant (Adjective)
Not pleasant.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

unpleasant (a.)
Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

unpleasant
Not to one's liking.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

unpleasant
un-plez′ant, adj. not pleasant: disagreeable.—adj. Unpleasable (-plē′), not to be pleased.—n. Unpleas′ance.—adv. Unpleas′antly, in an unpleasant manner: disagreeably.—ns. Unpleas′antness, state or quality of being unpleasant: disagreeableness; Unpleas′antry, want of pleasantness: any unpleasant occurrence, any particular discomfort.—adjs. Unpleased (-plēzd′), displeased; Unpleasing (-plē′), displeasing, disgusting.—adv. Unpleasingly (-plē′).—n. Unpleasingness (-plē′).—adj. Unpleas′urable, not giving pleasure.—adv. Unpleas′urably