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| disagreeable |
causing dislike or offense; unpleasant. [1/2 definitions] |
| discord |
harsh or unpleasant combining of musical sounds, or any jarring sound; dissonance; discordance. [1/3 definitions] |
| discordant |
harsh or unpleasant in sound. [1/2 definitions] |
| displease |
to cause annoyance, disappointment, or dissatisfaction; be unpleasant. [1/2 definitions] |
| distasteful |
unpleasant or offensive. |
| dose |
an amount of something unpleasant that must be taken or endured. [1/6 definitions] |
| dreadful |
terribly bad or unpleasant. [1/2 definitions] |
| drudgery |
hard, boring, menial, or unpleasant work. |
| entangle |
to involve, as in a difficult, complex, or unpleasant situation. [1/3 definitions] |
| escape |
avoidance of, or a way in which to avoid, an unpleasant or event or situation. [1/11 definitions] |
| euphemism |
the substitution of a milder, vaguer, or pleasanter word or expression for one considered to be offensive or unpleasant. [1/2 definitions] |
| eyesore |
something that is unpleasant or offensive to look at, esp. something that mars an otherwise pleasing view. |
| flinch |
to retreat from or avoid something unpleasant, fearsome, or difficult. [1/3 definitions] |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant (usu. fol. by "with"). [1/2 definitions] |
| get back at |
to do something bad or unpleasant to (someone) in return for something bad or unpleasant that this person has done to one previously. |
| glutton |
someone who exhibits an unusual readiness to undergo or withstand something, esp. something hard or unpleasant. [1/2 definitions] |
| grotty |
(chiefly British; informal) very shabby, unpleasant, or dirty. [1/2 definitions] |
| grungy |
(slang) dirty, messy, run-down; unpleasant. |
| hack2 |
one who is hired to do routine or unpleasant tasks, esp. a writer hired to produce uncreative and unimaginative work; drudge. [1/10 definitions] |
| hangover |
the unpleasant aftereffects, such as headache or nausea, of drinking too much alcohol, usu. experienced after sleep. |
| harsh |
rough and unpleasant to the senses, esp. hearing. [2/3 definitions] |
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