as in unpleasing
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
the burnt pot roast had a very unpleasant odor
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Recent Examples of unpleasant
What's more, a significant portion of this population – around a third – don't experience adequate symptom relief through antidepressants, or end up discontinuing medication due to unpleasant side-effects.
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New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2026
Does your wife discuss this unpleasant person’s posts with you?
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
Maybe some people enjoy it, but for us, the weather can turn even the happiest place on earth into an unpleasant inferno.
—Priscilla Blossom, Parents, 2 Jan. 2026
The traveler shared the gripe on Reddit’s Delta forum, detailing the unpleasant travel experience that happened on their almost 11-hour flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG).
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpleasant
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
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Bipartisan harsh criticism Senators from both sides of the aisle blasted the investigation.—
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Common exfoliators and fine line-eliminators like retinol and glycolic acid are too harsh on my skin, but this serum utilizes lactic acid, which is far more gentle but just as potent.—
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Iran is facing its worst drought in decades, raising fears of evacuations in Tehran while threatening the regime’s stability and nuclear ambitions, according to a leading environmental expert.—
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Keeping bad things out of my body.—
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The growth of passive investing, through index funds found in the 401(k) accounts of average Americans, has propped up the stock market while also potentially setting it up for a nasty fall.—
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Instead of this stuff that's raised overseas that's done in ways that doesn't have any checks, that it's got polluted water, it's being fed really nasty stuff, full of antibiotics, full of chemicals.—
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Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behavior.—
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Sure, coach Mike Tomlin's teams tend to win ugly games, but not in the playoffs — at least not lately.—
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He was chosen as commissioner in October 1989 over New Orleans general manager Jim Finks after a bitter fight highlighting the differences between the NFL's old guard and newer owners.—
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Arugula Arugula is an aromatic, slightly bitter leafy green.—
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Underdo it, and your dish could be too dry or sour.—
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Everyone's a little sad in The Holdovers, Alexander Payne's charmingly sour comedy about a student stuck at his New England boarding school over the holidays with only his grouchy professor (Paul Giamatti) and the school cook (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) for company.—
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Are there horrible smells wafting around?—
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Jimmy Kimmel was horrible, and some of these people.—
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“Unpleasant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpleasant. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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