unpleasant

unpleasant
adj
1. displeasing, annoying, irritating, irksome, bothersome, vexatious, provoking; pestering, Inf. pesky, Inf. pestiferous; troublesome, rough, thorny, fretful, worrisome, worrying, Dial. plaguy; nettlesome, nettling, Inf. aggravating, disturbing, perturbing, ruffling, disquieting.
2. disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasing, unpalatable, unappetizing, brackish, unsavory; nauseating, sickening, disgusting, noisome, Sl. yukky, seamy, Sl. gross, stinking to high heaven; repugnant, offensive, obnoxious, nasty; repulsive, repelling, repellent, revolting, objectionable; abominable, odious, heinous, detestable, hateful; boring, monotonous, flat, tiresome, wearisome.
3. offensive, Augean, rank, foul, smelly, reeking, stinking, mephitic, putrid, rancid, sour; shocking, distressing, appalling, insulting; bad, rotten, Inf. awful, poor, mean; cutting, scathing.

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