Synonyms for unpleasant
ʌnˈplɛz əntun·pleas·ant

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1. unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely

   Antonyms:
   attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty

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1. 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

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1. unpleasantadjective

   Synonyms:
   unpleasing, disagreeable, displeasing, unwelcome, unacceptable, unpalatable, repulsive, obnoxious, offensive, painful

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1. unpleasantadjective

   Synonyms:
   disagreeable, uncongenial

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1. 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

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How to use unpleasant in a sentence?

1. Federal Reserve:

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

2. Henry Louis Mencken:

   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.

3. Joel Fuhrman:

   Also, the fast itself will be more unpleasant, as your body will go through more intense withdrawal symptoms than if you were someone who was normally eating healthy foods.

4. John Lustig:

   I've been having unpleasant back pain, and the medications weren't doing it, so I thought, at 86, I would give cannabis a try.

5. Quentin Crisp:

   Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.