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unpleasant

 adjective
     
un‧pleas‧ant
1 not pleasant or enjoyable:
an unpleasant experience
an extremely unpleasant smell
an unpleasant surprise
2 not kind or friendly [≠ nice]:
He said some very unpleasant things.
a thoroughly unpleasant man
—unpleasantly adverb
WORD FOCUS: horrible WORD FOCUS: horrible
taste or smell: nasty, not very nice, revolting, disgusting, foul, unpleasant, gross informal
experience, situation, or feeling: nasty, not very nice, terrible, unpleasant
person: nasty, not very nice, obnoxious, mean American English, unpleasant, objectionable

➔ See also horrible
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