- 1not pleasant or comfortable synonym disagreeable an unpleasant experience The minerals in the water made it unpleasant to drink.
- 2unpleasant (to somebody) not kind, friendly or polite He was very unpleasant to me. She said some very unpleasant things about you. opposite pleasant
adverb The drink is very sweet, but not unpleasantly so. He laughed unpleasantly.See unpleasant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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