adjective
definition
Not pleasant.
Examples of unpleasant in a Sentence
Let's not think of unpleasant things right now.
I can make it unpleasant for you.
It would be an excellent opportunity to get out of this house with its unpleasant memories.
It was a sobering and unpleasant question.
The trip to Fayetteville wasn't as unpleasant as she had anticipated.
It is a colourless gas, possessing an unpleasant pungent smell.
There was an unpleasant Englishman who declared in 1699 that he found" Money Their God, and Large Possessions the only Heaven they Covet."
Actually, her first morning of sickness had been unpleasant, until she discovered the cause was pregnancy.
On the other hand, they may give off unhealthy fumes and produce unpleasant odours.
He forced calmness into his voice as the thought of a wayward body resurrected very unpleasant memories.
With closed stoves much less heat is wasted, and consequ;ntly less fuel is burned, than with open grates, but they often cause an unpleasant sensation of dryness in the air, and the products of combustion also escape to some extent, rendering this method of heating not only unpleasant but sometimes even dangerous.
The coarse evergreen color of the small fir trees scattered here and there among the birches was an unpleasant reminder of winter.
His son Jean Antoine served with distinction through all the later campaigns of the reign of Louis XIV., and especially distinguished himself in 1705 at the battle of Cassano, where he was so severely wounded in the neck that he had ever after to wear a silver stock; yet he never rose above the rank of colonel, owing to an eccentric habit of speaking unpleasant truths to his superiors.
Broken glass tends to be quite unpleasant.
Samples dating from the old sodium days are still in existence, and when they exhibit unpleasant properties the defect is often ascribed to the metal instead of to the process by which it was won.
As unlicensed blood-letters, certain land-leeches are among the most unpleasant of parasites that can be encountered in a tropical jungle.
Napoleon's face wore an unpleasant and artificial smile.
This will save you from unexpected and unpleasant surprises in the future.
It generally contains a large amount of uncombined alkali, and that, with its unpleasant odour of coco-nut oil, makes it a most undesirable soap for personal use.
A more unpleasant side to the question is that he gave the king a safe conduct, which was afterwards seen by Sir Donald Stewart, before he left the palace, and presumably for a bribe; and he took an armlet and rings from the bodies of the princes.
Please do not think either of these very unpleasant thoughts.
With proper planning and prevention, you can avoid unpleasant burns while enjoying the great outdoors.
You should still review the ingredients carefully, as one of them may be an allergen for you, but you can overall feel confident that you are not introducing anything problematic to your largest organ during this unpleasant juncture.
While your foremost concern might be deciding what exactly to wear for each occasion, you may also want to pay heed to the unpleasant problems brought on by mosquitoes.
Understanding bee sting treatment can be crucial when you find yourself faced with that unpleasant sting.
She said she could make it unpleasant for me.
This "Palace language" appears to have come into existence from a desire to avoid the employment in the presence of royalty of downright expressions of vulgarity or of words which might be capable of conveying an unpleasant or indelicate idea other than the meaning intended.
Now insects that possess noxious attributes, and the same is true of other animals, usually have a conspicuous warning coloration which appeals to the eyes of enemies and helps them to remember more easily the cause of an unpleasant experience, helps in fact to establish a psychical association between a particular style of coloration and a nasty taste or a painful wound.
Such an affair was unpleasant in its suggestion, said Tommy, tommy had meant to attack her forehead.
Imagine how unpleasant stagnant air or water can be, likewise if we stagnate we feel unpleasant.
Being up to my neck in cold water whilst trying to get readings from a temperamental compass and clinometer sounded deeply unpleasant.
Perhaps, this is a draw back to the time when visitors would experience the unpleasant whiffs emanating from the SeaPro fish-rendering plant.
Either way, there is an unpleasant whiff of charred flesh about these tales.
Kagome Inuyasha... 3 [View of the nearby mountains.] fx wind whoosh... Inuyasha { off } An unpleasant wind.
The FA's decision to award him the job was accompanied by a small eruption of unpleasant xenophobia.
They felt pretty yucky, very unpleasant with dull pain.
The weak point in the system is that episcopal superintendence being exercised in every case by a plurality of individuals there is no one, moderator or senior member, whose special duty it is to take initial action when the unpleasant work of judicial investigation or ecclesiastical discipline becomes necessary.
I flared up and said much that was unpleasant and even rude to him.
It was unpleasant to Prince Andrew to meet people of his own set in general, and Pierre especially, for he reminded him of all the painful moments of his last visit to Moscow.
Considering the unpleasant side effects of some medications, the prospect of naturally controlling your blood pressure may prove to be the most compelling of the three reasons why exercise is important.
If you do not track your progress, you are fumbling in the dark hoping to get a lucky break more often than the other, more unpleasant kind of break.
Not spending enough time on warming up and cooling down can result in cramps in your calf muscles, which can be especially unpleasant when they wake you up in the middle of the night.
It will also prevent unpleasant surprises and unexpected costs at the dentist office.
If they do so they are inviting an unpleasant visit from the Internal Revenue Service.
The Grinch has a very unpleasant personality.
They can rub the nipple, which is not necessarily unpleasant, but it is not expected from a bra and can thus be unsettling.
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) is a tale in the vein of Brave New World and 1984; a tale of an unpleasant future in which independent thought is suppressed to the point where books are banned and, when discovered, burned.
The fae disguise their nature, particularly those considered "too dark" or unpleasant for the humans to know about.
However, since they can be unpleasant to have to look at every day, there's no good reason to live with them either.
It's a simple, if somewhat unpleasant, mix of bacteria, dead skin cells and sebum that clog the skin's pores, resulting in a raised, often red mound.