Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "unpleasant" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

pleasant pleasant

Derived Terms

unpleasantly unpleasantness

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

cacophonous malodorous unpalatable

Related Terms

annoying

Related Terms

disagreeable displeasing ill natured inaesthetic nasty not offensive pleasant pleasantly please unpalatable

Similar Terms

acerb acerbic acid acrid afflictive afflictive awful beastly bitter blistering caustic cringey disagreeable displeasing dour embarrassing forbidding forbidding god awful god-awful grim harsh harsh hellish hot hot ill-natured inaesthetic mortifying mortifying nasty offensive painful rebarbative rebarbative repellant repellent rough sharp sharp worded sharp-worded sore sulfurous sulfurous sulphurous tart unaesthetic ungrateful ungrateful unhappy unhappy unpalatable unpleasing unpleasing virulent vitriolic

Synonym Network

disagreeable distasteful

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