unpleasant

[ uhn-plez-uhnt ]

adjective

1. not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive:

   an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.

unpleasant

/ ʌnˈplɛzənt /

adjective

1. not pleasant or agreeable

Derived Forms

• unˈpleasantly, adverb

Other Words From

• un·pleasant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unpleasant¹

First recorded in 1525–35; un- ¹ + pleasant

Example Sentences

Still, there are ways Trump could weed out other government workers, including by making the job and surrounding environment more unpleasant, like by freezing hiring and requesting cuts to employee training and travel funds in the annual budget.

From Slate

She has to deliver unpleasant news a lot of the time to the staff.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes these new genes were from entirely different species - for example, a cotton plant with a scorpion gene to make it taste unpleasant to insects.

From BBC

The human mind is very adept at sustaining denial and ignoring unpleasant things.

From Salon

Why else would a savvy mogul like Bezos hire a person against whom UK police have now launched a preliminary investigation, except to serve as hatchet man at the Post newsroom when unpleasant decisions have to be taken?

From Salon

Related Words

• disagreeable
• distasteful
• nasty
• obnoxious
• sour
• troublesome
• undesirable
• unpalatable