What is another word for unpleasant?
1080 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʌnplˈɛzənt], [ ʌnplˈɛzənt], [ ʌ_n_p_l_ˈɛ_z_ə_n_t]
Unpleasant is a word that describes something that is displeasing, objectionable, or distasteful. There are several synonyms that can be used to express this feeling more accurately. For example, "disagreeable" is a term that can be used to describe something that is unpleasant or difficult to deal with. Additionally, "irksome" can be used to describe something that is frustrating or annoying. "Unsatisfactory" is another word that can be used to describe something that is less than desirable. Other synonyms for unpleasant include "disturbing," "repugnant," and "unwelcome." When choosing words to describe something that is unpleasant, it is important to choose a term that accurately conveys the intention and the feeling behind the description.
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Similar words for unpleasant:
- abrasive (adjective)
- awful (adjective)
- bad (adjective)
- comfortless (adjective)
- disagreeable (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- disobliging (adjective)
- evil (adjective)
- hard (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- painful (adjective)
- pejorative (adjective)
- rough (adjective)
- sour (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- unappetizing (adjective)
- uncongenial (adjective)
- unwelcome (adjective)
- unwished-for (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- awkward (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- creepy (adjective)
- diabolic (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- forbidding (adjective)
- frightful (adjective)
- ghastly (adjective)
- grating (adjective)
- harsh (adjective)
- ill-natured (adjective)
- murderous (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- obnoxious (adjective)
- perturbing (adjective)
- repulsive (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- rude (adjective)
- sanguinary (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- sore (adjective)
- sticky (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- thankless (adjective)
- thorny (adjective)
- unacceptable (adjective)
- unappealing (adjective)
- uncompassionate (adjective)
- ungracious (adjective)
- unhospitable (adjective)
- uninviting (adjective)
- unpalatable (adjective)
- unpitying (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- unsightly (adjective)
- unstirred (adjective)
- unsympathetic (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- inhospitableness (noun)
- inhospitality (noun)
- unfriendly (noun)
- ungraciousness (noun)
- unreceptiveness (noun)
- unwelcome (noun)
- unwelcomeness (noun)
- disquieting
- horrible
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Unpleasant:
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adj.
• abrasive • awful • bad- arrant ,
- baneful ,
- black ,
- defective ,
- detrimental ,
- displeasing ,
- faulty ,
- ill-suited ,
- inadequate ,
- inadvisable ,
- inferior ,
- invalid ,
- irremediable ,
- poor ,
- unfavorable ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unsound ,
- vile ,
- wretched ,
- wrong ,
- hard-time ,
- troubled .
- bothersome ,
- disgusting ,
- distasteful ,
- dragger ,
- offensive ,
- painer ,
- pettish ,
- unpalatable ,
- whinier ,
- whiniest ,
- whiny .
- Besetting ,
- Cramping ,
- Gnawing ,
- Irksome ,
- Torturing. ,
- aching ,
- acute ,
- aggravating ,
- agonizing ,
- anguishing ,
- annoying ,
- arduous ,
- biting ,
- burdensome ,
- chafing ,
- cruel ,
- crushing ,
- cutting ,
- distressful ,
- excruciating ,
- extremely bad ,
- grievous ,
- grueling ,
- harrowing ,
- horrendous ,
- hurtful ,
- inflaming ,
- insufferable ,
- irritating ,
- miserable ,
- oppressive ,
- piercing ,
- severe ,
- smarting ,
- stabbing ,
- stinging ,
- throbbing ,
- tormenting ,
- torturing ,
- troublesome ,
- trying ,
- unbearable ,
- uncomfortable ,
- withering ,
- woeful ,
- wrenching .
- untutored ,
- ill mannered ,
- illmannered ,
- in decorous ,
- in delicate ,
- in elegant ,
- in-decorous ,
- in-delicate ,
- in-elegant ,
- more bearish ,
- more untutored ,
- most bearish ,
- most untutored ,
- un couth ,
- un cultivated ,
- un cultured ,
- un mannerly ,
- un polished ,
- un refined ,
- un tutored ,
- un-ceremonious ,
- un-couth ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-cultured ,
- un-mannerly ,
- un-refined ,
- un-tutored .
- Ill-looking ,
- abhorrent ,
- disfigured ,
- grotesque ,
- homely ,
- inelegant ,
- plain ,
- repellent ,
- repugnant ,
- shapeless ,
- ugly ,
- unaesthetic ,
- unattractive ,
- undesirable ,
- unlovely ,
- unpleasing .
- ill ease ,
- in convenient ,
- in opportune ,
- in-convenient ,
- in-opportune ,
- more compromising ,
- more difficult ,
- most compromising ,
- un comfortable ,
- un timelier ,
- un timeliest ,
- un timely ,
- un-comfortable ,
- un-timelier ,
- un-timeliest ,
- un-timely .
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- in clement ,
- in temperate ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-clement ,
- in-temperate ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest .
- de monic ,
- de-monic ,
- more demoniac ,
- more mephistophelian ,
- most demoniac ,
- most mephistophelian ,
- un hallowed .
- dis composing ,
- dis maying ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-maying ,
- impeding ,
- more agitating ,
- more discommoding ,
- more discomposing ,
- more dismaying ,
- more impeding ,
- more vexing ,
- most agitating ,
- most discommoding ,
- most discomposing ,
- most dismaying ,
- most impeding ,
- most vexing .
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- more foreboding ,
- more glowering ,
- more off putting ,
- more off-putting ,
- more offputting ,
- most foreboding ,
- most glowering ,
- most off putting ,
- most off-putting ,
- most offputting ,
- off putting ,
- offputting ,
- un approachable ,
- un-approachable ,
- unapproachable .
- ghostly ,
- grisly ,
- more corpselike ,
- more mortuary ,
- more wraithlike ,
- most corpselike ,
- most mortuary ,
- most wraithlike ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-natural .
- dis sonant ,
- dis-sonant ,
- harsh sounding ,
- harshsounding ,
- more harsh sounding ,
- more harsh-sounding ,
- more harshsounding ,
- more stridulent ,
- more stridulous ,
- most harsh sounding ,
- most harsh-sounding ,
- most harshsounding ,
- most stridulent ,
- most stridulous .
- hot tempered ,
- ill humored ,
- ill natured ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- illnatured ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more tempersome ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most tempersome ,
- tempersome .
- bummest ,
- more polluted ,
- most polluted ,
- soiled ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- uncleanly ,
- unholy .
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis likable ,
- dis-likable ,
- heelest ,
- more dislikable ,
- more hateable ,
- most dislikable ,
- most hateable ,
- off color ,
- offcolor ,
- pain in neck ,
- pain neck ,
- pain the neck ,
- pillest ,
- re prehensible ,
- re-prehensible .
- dis eased ,
- dis satisfactory ,
- dis-eased ,
- dis-satisfactory ,
- in adequate ,
- in-adequate ,
- low grade ,
- lowgrade ,
- more bruised ,
- most bruised ,
- punker ,
- punkest ,
- sub standard ,
- sub-standard ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- in ballpark ,
- more guessed ,
- more surmised ,
- more unprecise ,
- most guessed ,
- most imprecise ,
- most surmised ,
- most unprecise ,
- un precise ,
- un-precise .
- more abscessed ,
- more chafed ,
- more reddened ,
- more ulcerated ,
- most abscessed ,
- most chafed ,
- most reddened ,
- most ulcerated ,
- pained .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- more dreaded ,
- more petrifying ,
- more unnerving ,
- most dreaded ,
- most petrifying ,
- most unnerving ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerving .
- more unrecognized ,
- more unreturned ,
- more unrewarding ,
- most unrecognized ,
- most unreturned ,
- most unrewarding ,
- un grateful ,
- un profitable ,
- un recognized ,
- un requited ,
- un returned ,
- un rewarding ,
- un-grateful ,
- un-recognized ,
- un-requited ,
- un-returned ,
- un-rewarding ,
- unreturned .
- more subfuscous ,
- more unbeauteous ,
- most subfuscous ,
- most unbeauteous ,
- sub fuscous ,
- sub-fuscous ,
- un appealing ,
- un beauteous ,
- un-appealing ,
- un-beauteous .
- un caring ,
- un charitable ,
- un compassionate ,
- un touched ,
- un-caring ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-compassionate ,
- un-touched .
- de formed ,
- de-formed ,
- more unprepossessing ,
- most unprepossessing ,
- un prepossessing ,
- un shapelier ,
- un shapeliest ,
- un shapely ,
- un sightlier ,
- un sightliest ,
- un sightly ,
- un-prepossessing ,
- un-shapelier ,
- un-shapeliest ,
- un-shapely ,
- un-sightlier ,
- un-sightliest ,
- un-sightly ,
- unshapelier ,
- unshapeliest .
- Half-hearted ,
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- dis interested ,
- dis-interested ,
- half hearted ,
- in different ,
- in sensitive ,
- in-different ,
- in-sensitive ,
- more aversive ,
- most aversive ,
- un concerned ,
- un emotional ,
- un responsive ,
- un sympathetic ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-emotional ,
- un-moved ,
- un-responsive ,
- un-sympathetic .
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n.
• inhospitableness- blackballeds ,
- disagreeables ,
- displeasings ,
- distastefuls ,
- exceptionables ,
- excess baggages ,
- excludeds ,
- ill favoreds ,
- ill-favoreds ,
- illfavoreds ,
- in hospitableness ,
- in hospitablenesses ,
- in-hospitableness ,
- in-hospitablenesses ,
- inadmissibles ,
- lousies ,
- objectionables ,
- obnoxiou ,
- rejecteds ,
- shut outs ,
- thanklesses ,
- un desirables ,
- un-desirables ,
- unacceptables ,
- unaskeds ,
- uninviteds ,
- unpleasants ,
- unpopulars ,
- unsoughts ,
- unwanteds ,
- unwished fors ,
- unwished-fors ,
- unwishedfors .
Other synonyms:
- inhospitable ,
- joyless ,
- off-putting ,
- thankless ,
- unedifying ,
- unenviable ,
- uninviting ,
- unleavened ,
- unmentionable ,
- unrewarding ,
- unwelcome ,
- yucky .
- chilling ,
- devilish ,
- icky ,
- infernal ,
- slimy ,
- unappetizing ,
- uncongenial .
- hard .
Other relevant words:
- Cold-hearted ,
- Dissatisfying ,
- Dolorific ,
- Grewsome ,
- Harassing ,
- Unalluring ,
- Unengaging ,
- Unhospitable ,
- Untasteful ,
- abominable ,
- abrasive ,
- abrupt ,
- abusive ,
- accident ,
- acerb ,
- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- admonish ,
- adverse ,
- adversity ,
- afflictive ,
- against the grain ,
- anger ,
- angry ,
- annoy ,
- antagonistic ,
- antipathetic ,
- antipathy ,
- argumentative ,
- atrocious ,
- austere ,
- aversion ,
- awfully ,
- awkward ,
- bad news ,
- bad scene ,
- bad-natured ,
- bad-tempered ,
- badly ,
- barbarous ,
- base ,
- bearish ,
- beastly ,
- beleaguer ,
- bellicose ,
- belligerent ,
- beset ,
- besiege ,
- bilious ,
- bitingly ,
- bitterly ,
- blistering ,
- bluff ,
- boring ,
- bother ,
- brusque ,
- calamitous ,
- calamity ,
- cantankerous ,
- catastrophe ,
- caustic ,
- cheerlessness ,
- chilly ,
- choleric ,
- churlish ,
- coarse ,
- combative ,
- comfortless ,
- commonplace ,
- condemn ,
- contemptible ,
- contemptuous ,
- contentious ,
- corrupt ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- cramped ,
- cranky ,
- creepy ,
- cross ,
- crotchety ,
- crusty ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- currish ,
- curt ,
- cynical ,
- dangerous ,
- dark ,
- debased ,
- degenerate ,
- delicate ,
- demeaning ,
- deplorable ,
- depraved ,
- deprecate ,
- depressing ,
- despicable ,
- despitefully ,
- detestable ,
- devastating ,
- diabolic ,
- difficult ,
- difficulty ,
- dirty ,
- disagreeably ,
- disappointing ,
- disapprove ,
- disaster ,
- disastrous ,
- discomfort ,
- discontented ,
- discourteous ,
- disgust ,
- disgustingly ,
- disheartening ,
- dishonourable ,
- disinclination ,
- dislikable ,
- dislike ,
- dismal ,
- displease ,
- displeasure ,
- disquieting ,
- disrespectful ,
- dissatisfaction ,
- distaste ,
- distastefully ,
- distract ,
- distress ,
- distressing ,
- disturb ,
- dolorous ,
- dour ,
- dreary ,
- dyspeptic ,
- edgy ,
- embarrassing ,
- embittered ,
- emetic ,
- evil ,
- exasperating ,
- exceptionable ,
- execrable ,
- faultily ,
- feculent ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- fierce ,
- fiercely ,
- filthy ,
- flat ,
- forbidding ,
- foul ,
- foul-tasting ,
- frosty ,
- fulsome ,
- galling ,
- glacial ,
- gloomy ,
- god-awful ,
- grievously ,
- grim ,
- grind ,
- grody ,
- gross ,
- grouchy ,
- grudging ,
- gruesome ,
- gruff ,
- grumpy ,
- harass ,
- hardly ,
- hardship ,
- harsh ,
- hateful ,
- hatefully ,
- haughty ,
- heinous ,
- hellish ,
- horribly ,
- horrific ,
- horrifying ,
- hostile ,
- hot ,
- hurting ,
- icily ,
- ill ,
- ill at ease ,
- ill-bred ,
- ill-disposed ,
- ill-flavored ,
- ill-humoured ,
- ill-mannered ,
- ill-natured ,
- ill-tempered ,
- immoral ,
- impatient ,
- imperfectly ,
- impersonal ,
- impolite ,
- improper ,
- impure ,
- in bad taste ,
- inappropriate ,
- inauspicious ,
- inclement ,
- inconsiderate ,
- inconvenient ,
- indecent ,
- inedible ,
- inexpedient ,
- inhospitality ,
- insipid ,
- intolerable ,
- invidious ,
- irascible ,
- irk ,
- irregular ,
- laborious ,
- loathsome ,
- loutish ,
- malevolent ,
- mean ,
- meanly ,
- menacing ,
- mephitic ,
- misadventure ,
- mischance ,
- misery ,
- misfortune ,
- mishap ,
- monstrous ,
- morose ,
- mortifying ,
- murderous ,
- nastily ,
- naughtily ,
- naughty ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- noisome ,
- not easy ,
- not good ,
- noxious ,
- nuisance ,
- objectionable ,
- obnoxiously ,
- obscene ,
- obscure ,
- obstreperous ,
- off ,
- offensively ,
- ominous ,
- oppress ,
- peccant ,
- peevish ,
- pejorative ,
- peremptory ,
- perplexing ,
- persecute ,
- perverted ,
- pester ,
- pestilential ,
- petulant ,
- plaguy ,
- poisonous ,
- ponderous ,
- poorly ,
- poverty ,
- problem ,
- pugnacious ,
- putrid ,
- quarrelsome ,
- racking ,
- rancid ,
- rebarbative ,
- remote ,
- repellant ,
- reproachful ,
- reprove ,
- revolting ,
- rough ,
- rough-spoken ,
- roughly ,
- rude ,
- rugged ,
- sanguinary ,
- sanguineous ,
- sarcastic ,
- savage ,
- scathing ,
- scrappy ,
- scurvy ,
- seamy ,
- sec ,
- sensitive ,
- serious ,
- seriously ,
- severely ,
- shabby ,
- sharp ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharply ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- short ,
- short-tempered ,
- sickening ,
- sinful ,
- sinister ,
- slaughterous ,
- snappish ,
- sordid ,
- sour ,
- sourly ,
- spartan ,
- spiteful ,
- spitefully ,
- splenetic ,
- stale ,
- stern ,
- sticky ,
- stomach-churning ,
- stomach-turning ,
- strained ,
- sulfurous ,
- sullen ,
- sulphurous ,
- surly ,
- tart ,
- tasteless ,
- tease ,
- tedious ,
- temperamental ,
- tense ,
- testy ,
- thorny ,
- threatening ,
- ticklish ,
- tire ,
- tiresome ,
- touchy ,
- tough ,
- tricky ,
- trouble ,
- troubling ,
- troublous ,
- truculent ,
- turned ,
- unacceptable ,
- unallowable ,
- unappetising ,
- uncaring ,
- uncivil ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncompassionate ,
- uncool ,
- uncouth ,
- uncultured ,
- undelicious ,
- undesired ,
- uneasy ,
- uneatable ,
- unenjoyable ,
- unfavourable ,
- unflattering ,
- unfortunate ,
- unfriendly ,
- ungenerous ,
- ungentlemanly ,
- ungracious ,
- ungrateful ,
- unhappy ,
- unhelpful ,
- uninvited ,
- unkind ,
- unladylike ,
- unlikable ,
- unlikeable ,
- unlovable ,
- unpitying ,
- unpleasantly ,
- unpopular ,
- unprepossessing ,
- unrefined ,
- unsavory ,
- unsavoury ,
- unskillful ,
- unsmiling ,
- unspeakable ,
- unstirred ,
- unsuitable ,
- untasty ,
- unthankful ,
- untoward ,
- unwished-for ,
- unworthy ,
- upsetting ,
- venomous ,
- vex ,
- vexatious ,
- vexing ,
- vicious ,
- vinegarish ,
- violent ,
- virulent ,
- vitriolic ,
- vulgar ,
- warlike ,
- warm ,
- waspish ,
- wicked ,
- wickedly ,
- worrisome ,
- worry ,
- worrying ,
- wrongly .
- Heeler ,
- Piller ,
- Stridulous ,
- Subfuscous ,
- Unprecise ,
- aversive ,
- awful ,
- bad ,
- big mouth ,
- bitter ,
- bloodyminded ,
- corpselike ,
- demoniac ,
- disagreeable ,
- disobliging ,
- ghastly ,
- grating ,
- hard shell ,
- hardnosed ,
- harsh-sounding ,
- hateable ,
- hottempered ,
- imprecise ,
- in the ballpark ,
- nasty ,
- not worth it ,
- obnoxious ,
- odious ,
- painful ,
- perturbing ,
- repulsive ,
- shuddersome ,
- sore ,
- stridulent ,
- terrible ,
- ulcerated ,
- un-hallowed ,
- unappealing ,
- unbeauteous ,
- unrecognized ,
- unsettling ,
- unshapely ,
- unsightly ,
- wraithlike .
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How to use "Unpleasant" in context?
People often say that unpleasant experiences can make someone a better person. A study that was conducted by UCLA found that unpleasant experiences can actually increase the amount of empathy someone has. In another study, it was found that people who fill up on unpleasant experiences tend to be more courageous. So, in short, unpleasant experiences can make you a better person, and make you more courageous.
Paraphrases for Unpleasant:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
nasty.
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
pleasant.
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Independent
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Adjective
abhorrent, abominable, adverse, agreeable, appalling, arduous, boring, creepy, difficult, disappointing, disastrous, disgusting, disruptive, dreadful, frustrating, grim, harsh, inclement, lamentable, loathsome, negative, odious, offensive, onerous, regrettable, rude, shocking, sordid, stressful, terrible, tough, troublesome, troubling, upsetting.
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Adjective
annoying, awful, awkward, bad, bitter, distasteful, distressing, disturbing, embarrassing, inconvenient, objectionable, obnoxious, off-putting, painful, repugnant, sad, tedious, tiresome, ugly, uncomfortable, undesirable, uneasy, unfortunate, unhappy, unpalatable, unsatisfactory, unsavoury, untoward, unwelcome.
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