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Unpleasant ʌnˈpleznt Things Adjective Bre Experience Minerals Water

Word unpleasant
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ʌnˈpleznt / NAmE / ʌnˈpleznt /
Example
  • an unpleasant experience
  • the minerals in the water made it unpleasant to drink.
  • he was very unpleasant to me.
  • she said some very unpleasant things about you.
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unpleasant

(adjective)BrE / ʌnˈpleznt / NAmE / ʌnˈpleznt /
  1. not pleasant or comfortable
    • synonym disagreeable
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disagreeable
    • an unpleasant experience
    • The minerals in the water made it unpleasant to drink.
  2. not kind, friendly or polite
    • He was very unpleasant to me.
    • She said some very unpleasant things about you.

    Extra Examples

    • He was very unpleasant to my friends.
    • His clothes smelled most unpleasant.
    • I found the atmosphere in there extremely unpleasant.
    • The overall feeling was a strange mixture of sensations, not altogether unpleasant.
    • Things started to get unpleasant when the police were called.
    • a thoroughly unpleasant man
    • tests which are unpleasant for patients
    • That was a most unpleasant experience.
    • There was an unpleasant atmosphere in the room.
    • There’s an unpleasant smell coming from that cupboard.
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