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Definition of unpleasant : Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

Synonyms:

blistering, acid, yucky, sharp-worded, acerbic, forbidding, uncongenial, embarrassing, mortifying, rebarbative, hot, sulfurous, caustic, virulent, dour, god-awful, pain, icky, acrid, rough, sharp, afflictive, objectionable, venomous, grim, vitriolic, sulphurous, tart, ungrateful, acerb, harsh, unhappy, repellant, hellish, good, unsympathetic, beastly, rude

distasteful, obnoxious, unpalatable, nasty, disgusting

faulty, invalid, poor, baneful, inadvisable, wrong, unsatisfactory, black, bad, irremediable, wretched, defective, ill-suited, arrant, detrimental, unsound, unfavorable, vile, inferior, inadequate

cruel, annoying, horrendous, smarting, irksome, bitter, woeful, excruciating, anguishing, aching, acute, trying, gnawing, offensive, cutting, chafing, grievous, grueling, withering, agonizing, biting, hurtful, piercing, miserable, bothersome, troublesome, torturing, distressful, unbearable, stabbing, wrenching, cramping, inflaming, sore, burdensome, irritating, uncomfortable, arduous, tormenting, oppressive, insufferable, harrowing, aggravating, painful, throbbing, crushing, stinging, besetting, severe

ill-looking, undesirable, disfigured, plain, odious, unappealing, homely, displeasing, unaesthetic, abhorrent, shapeless, repellent, repulsive, disagreeable, unsightly, unlovely, ugly, unpleasing, repugnant, hideous, grotesque, unattractive, inelegant

dire, ghastly, alarming, terrible, frightful, awful, appalling, horrid, dreadful, horrible

Usage examples:

• Being sick in a space suit was about the most unpleasant thing that could happen. - "Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet", Harold Leland Goodwin.
• It is easy to pick out a pleasant duty here and there, or an unpleasant duty even; and stand ready to be faithful in that. - "Opportunities", Susan Warner.
• This was no unpleasant task. - "The Killer", Stewart Edward White.