unpleasing
English
Etymology
From Middle English un-plesyng, equivalent to un- + pleasing.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
unpleasing (comparative more unpleasing, superlative most unpleasing)
- Not pleasing; unpleasant.
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 5,[1]
- It is, it is: hie hence, be gone, away!
- It is the lark that sings so out of tune,
- Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, Chapter 13,[2]
- ‘ […] Be assured, my dear, that these were the harshest words, and to me the most unpleasing that ever escaped your lips!’
- 2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 86:
- Zander took out a silk handkerchief and vented some unpleasing odour from his mouth.
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 5,[1]