unpleasurableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈplɛʒ(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈplɛʒ(ə)rəbəl/ Not pleasurable; unpleasant, disagreeable.
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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
1587 A. Fleming 2nd Table Hist. Brit. & Eng. sig. B.vv/4, in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Mariage made..Unpleasurable by meanes of hatred.
1600 J. Bodenham Bel-vedére 223 What can auaile vnpleasurable age, That feeds on lust, or base vnable rage?
1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners Pref. 7 The Spiritual Critick, with a certain fallow Male-contented Phiz..gives himself an unpleasurable minute to Judge whether I have paraphras'd right or no.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 290 Many of our waking hours pass irksome and insipid, unprofitable to others and unpleasurable to ourselves.
1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 183 Unpleasurable sensations.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 333 Let no technical labour be wasted on things useless or unpleasurable.
1879 Mrs. A. W. Hunt Basildon II. xvi. 288 The visit, though a melancholy one, would not be wholly unpleasurable to him!
1943 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 24 97/1 Thus identificatory thinking is employed for the purpose of avoiding what is unpleasurable and obtaining what is pleasurable.
2010 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 19 June b5 It isn't onerous or unpleasurable to eat real, wholesome, life-giving food.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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