Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not pleasing; disagreeable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not pleasant; not affording pleasure; disagreeable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.
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- adjective
Not pleasant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We do not," says a novelist in one of Mr. Moore's books, "we do not always choose what you call unpleasant subjects, but we do try to get to the roots of things; and the basis of life being material and not spiritual, the analyst sooner or later finds himself invariably handling what this sentimental age calls coarse."
English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge G. H. Mair 1906
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Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer, apparently once an item of sorts, had both contributed essays to Jonah Golberg's new book, "Proud to be Right," and were selected to speak -- in unpleasant proximity -- on the book's behalf at a Georgetown University forum.
Todd Seavey Rehashes Romantic Past With Fellow C-SPAN Panelist On Live TV (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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The site boasts material that didn't make it into the books, such as 5,000 words about which woods should be used to make magic wands and anecdotes about where Rowling found inspiration: why she called an unpleasant character "Petunia", for example.
JK Rowling should remember that less means more in the Potterverse | David Mitchell 2011
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In either case, the speaker is not threatening to do anything to the listner, but merely warning that what the listener is doing will (as the speaker believes) result in unpleasant consequences beyond the control of either of them.
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This persecution complex you seem to have when not going out of your way to be unpleasant is just passive-aggressive nonsense.
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Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer, apparently once an item of sorts, had both contributed essays to Jonah Golberg's new book, "Proud to be Right," and were selected to speak -- in unpleasant proximity -- on the book's behalf at a Georgetown University forum.
Todd Seavey Rehashes Romantic Past With Fellow C-SPAN Panelist On Live TV (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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This persecution complex you seem to have when not going out of your way to be unpleasant is just passive-aggressive nonsense.
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If you brew coffee normally and then pour the hot coffee over ice, it results in unpleasant flavors.
Coffee-Shop Threatens To "Punch" Customer In His "Dick" - The Consumerist 2008
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In fact, they were "considerably unhappier" when they were thinking about topics they described as unpleasant or even "neutral," the researchers found.
The downside of day-dreaming Rob Stein 2010
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All I will say is that I am damn sure that I do not read the publications that you automatically assume that all soldiers read and that I have spent a very large portion of my career in unpleasant places doing extremely unpleasant things.
Shoplifters Of The World Unite « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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