Definitions for unpleasant
ʌnˈplɛz əntun·pleas·ant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. unpleasantadjective

   disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings

   "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unpleasantadjective

   Not pleasant.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unpleasantadjective

   Not delighting; troublesome; uneasy.

   Their skilful ears perceive certain harsh and unpleasant discords in the sound of our common prayer, such as the rules of divine harmony, such as the laws of God cannot bear. Richard Hooker.

   O sweet Portia!
   Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words
   That ever blotted paper. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

   Wisdom is very unpleasant to the unlearned. Ecclus. v. 20.

   Upon Adam’s disobedience, God chased him out of paradise, the most delicious part of the earth, into some other, the most barren and unpleasant. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unpleasantadjective

   not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unpleasant' in Adjectives Frequency: #857

How to pronounce unpleasant?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unpleasant in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unpleasant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of unpleasant in a Sentence

1. Federal Reserve:

   It's our job to make sure that inflation of that unpleasant high nature doesn't get entrenched in the economy.

2. George Gelber:

   There were a lot of scattered examples of humanity, but overall it was very unpleasant because you are a refugee.

3. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

   We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.

4. Voltaire:

   Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

5. Emily Sarah:

   I'm a product of the U.S. university system, meaning I spent the better part of four years of my life drinking nauseatingly sweet grain alcohol mixed with Kool-Aid, needless to say, Fernet's herby freshness was a pleasant surprise and lacked the negative associations with the unpleasant consequences of sweet drinks.

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