Standard Lemma guide

unpleasant

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ʌnˈplɛzn̩t/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not pleasant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disagreeable, distasteful

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unpleasant personality
  • unpleasant repercussions
  • unpleasant odors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: pleasant

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: onaangenaam — not pleasant
  • Azerbaijani: xoşagəlməz — not pleasant
  • Belarusian: непрые́мны (njepryjémny) — not pleasant
  • Bulgarian: неприя́тен (neprijáten) — not pleasant
  • Bulgarian: противен (protiven) — not pleasant
  • Catalan: desagradable — not pleasant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 令人不快的 (lìngrén bùkuài de) — not pleasant
  • Czech: nepříjemný — not pleasant
  • Esperanto: malagrabla — not pleasant
  • Esperanto: neplaĉa — not pleasant
  • Finnish: epämiellyttävä — not pleasant
  • Finnish: kelju — not pleasant
  • French: déplaisant — not pleasant
  • French: pénible — not pleasant
  • French: désagréable — not pleasant
  • Georgian: უსიამოვნო (usiamovno) — not pleasant
  • Georgian: უსიამო (usiamo) — not pleasant
  • Georgian: არასასიამოვნო (arasasiamovno) — not pleasant
  • German: unangenehm — not pleasant
  • Greek: δυσάρεστος (dysárestos) — not pleasant
  • Ancient Greek: ἀχάριστος (akháristos) — not pleasant
  • Hindi: अप्रिय (apriya) — not pleasant
  • Hungarian: kellemetlen — not pleasant
  • Irish: míphléisiúrtha — not pleasant
  • Irish: míthaitneamhach — not pleasant
  • Italian: spiacevole — not pleasant
  • Italian: sgradevole — not pleasant
  • Italian: scostante — not pleasant
  • Italian: sgradito — not pleasant
  • Korean: 언짢다 (eonjjanta) — not pleasant
  • Central Kurdish: ناخۆش (naxoş) — not pleasant
  • Latin: inamoenus — not pleasant
  • Latin: iniūcundus — not pleasant
  • Latin: illepidus — not pleasant
  • Latvian: nepatīkams — not pleasant
  • Macedonian: непријатен (neprijaten) — not pleasant
  • Māori: kōtuhi — not pleasant
  • Māori: haunga — not pleasant
  • Māori: porokawa — not pleasant
  • Māori: maiorooro — not pleasant
  • Māori: haruharu — not pleasant
  • Persian: ناخوشایند (nâxušâyand) — not pleasant
  • Plautdietsch: onaunjenäm — not pleasant
  • Polish: nieprzyjemny — not pleasant
  • Portuguese: desagradável — not pleasant
  • Portuguese: injucundo — not pleasant
  • Romanian: neplăcut — not pleasant
  • Romanian: nedorit — not pleasant
  • Romanian: neagreat — not pleasant
  • Russian: неприя́тный (neprijátnyj) — not pleasant
  • Sanskrit: अश्रीर (aśrīra) — not pleasant
  • Scottish Gaelic: caca — not pleasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏угодан — not pleasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏прија̄тан — not pleasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅugodan — not pleasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅprijātan — not pleasant
  • Slovak: nepríjemný — not pleasant
  • Slovene: neprijeten — not pleasant
  • Spanish: desagradable — not pleasant
  • Spanish: desapacible — not pleasant
  • Spanish: insuave — not pleasant
  • Spanish: nada placentero — not pleasant
  • Spanish: poco placible — not pleasant
  • Spanish: no plácido — not pleasant
  • Swedish: otrevlig — not pleasant
  • Tocharian B: eñcare — not pleasant
  • Turkish: sevimsiz — not pleasant
  • Turkish: nahoş — not pleasant
  • Turkish: tatsız — not pleasant
  • Turkish: çirkin — not pleasant
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز (tatsız) — not pleasant
  • Ottoman Turkish: ناخوش (nahoş) — not pleasant
  • Ottoman Turkish: لذتسز (lezzetsiz) — not pleasant
  • Ukrainian: неприє́мний (nepryjémnyj) — not pleasant
  • Welsh: annymunol — not pleasant
  • Zazaki: nağoş — not pleasant
  • Zazaki: mezewır — not pleasant
Real reading context

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