unpleasant

Definition

Not pleasant.

Etymology

From Middle English unplesaunt, equivalent to un- + pleasant.

Example Sentences

• "O sweet Portia, / Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words / That ever blotted paper!"
• "It was indeed one admirable piece of Conduct in the said Magistrates, that the Streets were kept constantly clear, and free from all manner of frightful Objects, dead Bodies, or any such things as were indecent or unpleasant, unless where any Body fell down suddenly or died in the Streets […]"
• "The very circumstance, in its unpleasantest form, which they would each have been most anxious to avoid, had fallen on them."

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