unpleasant

unpleasant
adj.
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste
become, get, turn

Things started to get unpleasant when the police were called.

make sth

He may make life unpleasant for the rest of us.

find sb/sth

I found the atmosphere in there extremely unpleasant.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
decidedly, deeply, distinctly, downright, highly, most, particularly

His clothes smelled most unpleasant.

thoroughly

a thoroughly unpleasant man

not altogether, not entirely

The overall feeling was a strange mixture of sensations, not altogether unpleasant.

a little, slightly, etc.
PREPOSITION
for

tests which are unpleasant for patients

to

He was very unpleasant to my friends.

Unpleasant is used with these nouns: ↑character, ↑consequence, ↑encounter, ↑episode, ↑fact, ↑incident, ↑manner, ↑memory, ↑odour, ↑reality, ↑scene, ↑sensation, ↑side effect, ↑situation, ↑smell, ↑stench, ↑surprise, ↑symptom, ↑task, ↑taste, ↑truth

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • unpleasant */*/ — UK [ʌnˈplez(ə)nt] / US adjective 1) if something is unpleasant, you do not like or enjoy it The smell was very unpleasant. an unpleasant experience We were all ignoring the unpleasant truth. 2) a) not friendly or kind She was really unpleasant on …   English dictionary

  • unpleasant — un|pleas|ant [ʌnˈplezənt] adj 1.) not pleasant or enjoyable ▪ an unpleasant experience ▪ an extremely unpleasant smell ▪ an unpleasant surprise 2.) not kind or friendly ≠ ↑nice ▪ He said some very unpleasant things. ▪ a thoroughly unpleasant man… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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