Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with unpleasant in American Collocation
unpleasant
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ʌnˈplez(ə)nt/
very
decidedly
deeply
distinctly
downright
extremely
particularly
thoroughly
very
Your demeanour is arrogant, impatient, and downright unpleasant.
rather or slightly
fairly
pretty
quite
rather
slightly
somewhat
The weather stayed fairly unpleasant, so we were grateful to be in sheltered waters.
situation
conditions
situation
Conditions were very unpleasant during this campaign.
experience
experience
incident
memory
I do often get recognized but so far I’ve never had an unpleasant experience.
surprise
shock
surprise
It is important to fix the price at the beginning in order to avoid unpleasant surprises.
feeling
feeling
sensation
side-effect
symptom
Diarrhoea is an unpleasant symptom and can be very debilitating.
smell or taste
odour
smell
taste
The slime which covers the skin has a strong but not unpleasant smell.