unpleasant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unpleasantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of unpleasant
Example Sentences
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She added that the interactions "took me back to an unpleasant but familiar feeling I thought I'd left behind years ago" that maybe she was not "cool enough".
From BBC
The show is still battling a lawsuit filed by a handful of season 1 contestants who alleged unpleasant conditions during a portion filmed in Las Vegas that only aired on YouTube.
“The idea is: If you allow yourself to feel the painful or unpleasant emotions, they don’t stay trapped. You free yourself of them.”
From Los Angeles Times
"The sound made by this ball is very unpleasant," he said.
From Barron's
“The development of this competition brought not only an unpleasant atmosphere, but also an ungrateful one.”
From Los Angeles Times
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