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Synonyms for UNPLEASANT
ʌnˈplɛz əntun·pleas·ant
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unpleasant
Synonyms:
awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovelyAntonyms:
attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty
Princeton's WordNet
unpleasantadjective
disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
"an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
Antonyms:
idyllic, beautiful, enjoyable, pleasant, pleasurable, gratifying, dulcet, grateful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unpleasantadjective
Synonyms:
unpleasing, disagreeable, displeasing, unwelcome, unacceptable, unpalatable, repulsive, obnoxious, offensive, painful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unpleasantadjective
Synonyms:
disagreeable, uncongenial
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unpleasant":
disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, uncomfortable, unsavoury, unpalatable, inconvenient, unhappy, unwelcome, unfortunate, awkward, obnoxious, annoying, untoward, embarrassing, ugly, drab, off-putting, objectionable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#7683 | nasty | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#10578 | objectionable | |
#12840 | unfortunate | |
#13845 | uncomfortable | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#14572 | unhappy | |
#14856 | grim | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#18616 | unpleasant | |
#19258 | embarrassing | |
#21931 | disgusting | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#29579 | obnoxious | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#30977 | hideous | |
#32934 | inconvenient | |
#36903 | grotesque | |
#37232 | unwelcome | |
#37348 | horrid | |
#43052 | drab | |
#43152 | repulsive | |
#45066 | unattractive | |
#47042 | ghastly | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#55808 | disagreeable | |
#56411 | distasteful | |
#57592 | odious | |
#58157 | grisly | |
#79668 | untoward | |
#96648 | unpalatable | |
#98549 | uncouth | |
#121797 | ungainly | |
#143949 | unsavoury | |
#212513 | unlovely |
How to use UNPLEASANT in a sentence?
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell them.
School days are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency.
Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats - we know it not.
The hostage played a sort of hero's role by, in that split second that he had, forcing a breakthrough in this situation, otherwise it could have been a very long and unpleasant night and maybe longer.
Translations for UNPLEASANT
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- desagradableCatalan, Valencian
- nepříjemnýCzech
- annymunolWelsh
- unangenehmGerman
- δυσάρεστοςGreek
- neplaĉaEsperanto
- desagradableSpanish
- ناخوشایندPersian
- kelju, epämiellyttäväFinnish
- déplaisante, déplaisant, pénibleFrench
- cacaScottish Gaelic
- kellemetlenHungarian
- spiacevole, sgradevoleItalian
- לֹא נָעִיםHebrew
- 不快Japanese
- ناخۆشKurdish
- aut iniucundumLatin
- nieprzyjemnyPolish
- desagradávelPortuguese
- nedorit, neagreat, neplăcutRomanian
- неприятныйRussian
- odvratan, neugodanSerbo-Croatian
- nahoş, çirkin, tatsız, sevimsizTurkish
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