undelightfuladj.
(un- prefix1 1) Frequently used with preceding negative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant
loatha700
unsweetc890
grimlyc893
unquemeOE
un-i-quemeOE
evila1131
sourc1175
illc1220
unhightlyc1275
unwelcomec1325
unblithec1330
unnetc1330
unrekena1350
unagreeablec1374
uncouthc1380
unsavouryc1380
displeasantc1386
unlikinga1398
ungaina1400
crabbedc1400
unlovelyc1400
displeasing1401
eschewc1420
unsoot1420
mislikinga1425
unlikelya1425
unlustya1425
fastidiousc1425
unpleasantc1430
displicable1471
unthankfulc1475
displeasant1481
uneasy1483
unpleasinga1500
unfaring1513
badc1530
malpleasant?1533
noisome1542
thanklessa1547
ungrate1548
untoothsome1548
ungreeable1550
contrary1561
disagreeable1570
offensible1575
offensive1576
naughty1578
delightlessa1586
undelightful1585
unwisheda1586
unpleasurable1587
undelightsomec1595
dislikeful1596
disliking1596
ungrateful1596
unsweet?a1600
distastive1600
impleasing1602
distasting1603
distasteful1607
unsightly1608
undelectable1610
disgustful1611
unrelishing1611
waspisha1616
undeliciousa1618
unwished-for1617
disrelishing1631
unenjoyed1643
unjoyous1645
mirya1652
unwelcomed1651
unpleasivea1656
sweet1656
injucund1657
insuave1657
unpalatable1658
unhandsome1660
undesirable1667
disrelishablea1670
uncouthsome1684
shocking1703
nasty1705
embittering1746
indelectable1751
undelightinga1774
nice and ——1796
unenjoyablea1797
ungenial1796
uncomplacent1805
ungracious1807
bitter1810
rotten1813
uncongenial1813
quarrelsome1825
grimy1833
nice1836
unrelished1863
bloody1867
unbewitching1876
ferocious1877
displeasurable1879
rebarbative1892
charming1893
crook1898
naar1900
peppery1901
negative1902
poisonous1906
off-putting1935
unsympathetic1937
piggy1942
funky1946
umpty1948
pooey1967
minging1970
Scrooge-like1976
sucky1984
stank1991
stanky1991
1585 W. Bullokar tr. Æsop Fables sig. P2 Go-away henc' with a mischef with that thy vn-deliht-ful how-sband.
1599 S. Daniel Let. from Octavia in Poet. Ess. Wretched Mankind, wherfore hath nature made The lawfull vndelightfull?
1616 N. Breton Good & Badde in Wks. (1879) II. 5/2 Hee is..an vndelightfull friend, and a tormentor of himselfe.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 274 The Dancing of the Women..was not undelightfull.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 113 In such an Age Delights will be undelightful and Pleasures grow stale unto him.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxvi. 221 I am now..quitting this undelightful Town, as it has been, and is, to me.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. xcviii. 215 I never felt such feverish, yet not undelightful attacks before.
c1821 P. B. Shelley Lett. (1964) II. 278 Tacitus, or Livius,..are.. undelightful and uninstructive in translation.
1876 M. Oliphant Curate in Charge viii The odour of this very undelightful feature in the scene.
Derivatives
undeˈlightfully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adverb] > in unpleasant manner
illa1275
unsavourly1377
unlovelyc1400
sour?a1513
beastly?1518
unfaringly1519
unpleasantly1542
ill-favouredly1545
uncomfortably1548
offensively1576
ungratefullya1586
adversely1593
unpleasingly1597
displeasantly1607
unsavourily1611
distastefully1631
unwelcomely1642
displeasurably1648
disagreeably1656
disgustfully1731
displeasingly1731
unpalatably1741
poisonously1746
undelightfully1749
awfully1815
unpleasurably1823
objectionably1825
unagreeably1850
disgustingly1856
undesirably1890
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 86 The extreme whiteness of her skin was not undelightfully contrasted by the smooth glossy brown of her lover's.
1783 S. Johnson Let. 13 Aug. (1994) IV. 185 Ovid says that the sea is undelightfully uniform.
1893 A. C. Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 32 In this..his real..kinship to his beloved Dr. Johnson..was not undelightfully manifest.
undeˈlightfulness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness
loathnessc1175
offencec1425
noisomeness1506
unlusta1529
unpleasantness1546
displeasantness1547
discomfortableness1585
unlovelinessa1586
illnessc1595
unwelcome1603
unpleasingness1611
offensiveness1618
injucundity1623
disagreeableness1648
displeasingnessa1652
undelightfulness1653
distastefulness1654
beeishness1674
undesirableness1675
uncomfortableness1677
ungratefulnessa1680
unwelcomeness1682
nastiness1718
unkedness1727
disagreeability1788
unpleasantry1799
unpleasantry1810
grit1876
1653 Cloria & Narcissus i. (1665) 79 They soon retired, with the undelightfulness of the prospect, into their own Lodgings.
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