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PLEASANT Antonyms

There are 20 antonyms of the word pleasant. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PLEASANT

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unpleasant
adjectiveadj
adjective

• offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness

disagreeable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not to your liking

adjective satellite

• unpleasant to interact with

• not agreeing with your tastes or expectations

nasty
adjectiveadj
adjective

• offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective satellite

• exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

• characterized by obscenity

• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

adversity
nounn
noun

• a state of misfortune or affliction

• a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event

bitter
adjectiveadj
noun

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

adverb

• extremely and sharply

adjective satellite

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism

• very difficult to accept or bear

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• expressive of severe grief or regret

• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

verb

• make bitter

bleak
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

brutal
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• punishingly harsh

• resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

• disagreeably direct and precise

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

grim
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

harsh
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

adjective satellite

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

harshness
nounn
noun

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• excessive sternness

hostile
adjectiveadj
adjective

• characterized by enmity or ill will

• not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

noun

• troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

adjective satellite

• impossible to bring into friendly accord

• very unfavorable to life or growth

• unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)

rancorous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing deep-seated resentment

severe
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

unfriendly
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not easy to understand or use

• not disposed to friendship or friendliness

adjective satellite

• not friendly

• very unfavorable to life or growth

unhappy
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• causing discomfort

• marked by or producing unhappiness

uninviting
adjectiveadj
adjective

• neither attractive nor tempting

adjective satellite

• not tempting

unpalatable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind

unpleasantness
nounn
noun

• the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

• the quality of giving displeasure

unwelcome
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure

adjective satellite

• not welcome

Alternatives for UNPLEASANT

Alternatives for DISAGREEABLE

Alternatives for NASTY

Alternatives for ADVERSITY

Alternatives for BITTER

Alternatives for BLEAK

Alternatives for BRUTAL

Alternatives for GLOOMY

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