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unpleasant
What does unpleasant mean?
unpleasant (adjective): offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use unpleasant in a sentence?
- An unpleasant personality. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Unpleasant repercussions. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Unpleasant odors. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce unpleasant?
/ʌnˈplɛzn̩t/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does unpleasant come from?
From Middle English unplesaunt, equivalent to un- + pleasant.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of unpleasant?
Words related to unpleasant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “unpleasant” mean?
offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness
Right! That's what “unpleasant” means.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
Not quite: that's what impossible means.
of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
Not quite: that's what domestic means.
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
Not quite: that's what smart means.
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