noun · 4 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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/ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pleasantness
Broader terms: pain, painfulness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English unpleasant Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unpleasantness From unpleasant + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
няпрые́мнасць
(njapryjémnascʹ)
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Belarusian:
няпрые́мнасьць
(njapryjémnasʹcʹ)
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Bulgarian:
неприя́тност
(neprijátnost)
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Czech:
nepříjemnost
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Dutch:
onaangenaamheid
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Dutch:
zerpte
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Esperanto:
malagrableco
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Finnish:
epämiellyttävyys
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Georgian:
უსიამოვნობა
(usiamovnoba)
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
German:
Unannehmlichkeit
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
German:
Unangenehmheit
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Hungarian:
kellemetlenség
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Ingrian:
inhotos
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Irish:
anaiteas
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Irish:
doilbhreas
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Irish:
doirbheas
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Italian:
spiacevolezza
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Italian:
disaccordo
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Latin:
iniūcunditās
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Māori:
mōkinokino
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Polish:
nieprzyjemność
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Romanian:
neagreabilitate
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Russian:
неприя́тность
(neprijátnostʹ)
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Slovak:
nepríjemnosť
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Ukrainian:
неприє́мність
(nepryjémnistʹ)
— The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
