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unpleasable

unpleasable adjective: that cannot be pleased; implacable.

Adjective

unpleasable (comparative more unpleasable, superlative most unpleasable)

  1. That cannot be pleased; implacable.
    • A perusal of “Little Girl Lost” reveals John Drew Barrymore (who died in 2004) as one of those looming, unpleasable fathers, subject to disappearing acts, alcoholic binges, irrational rages.2009 September 27, Michael Almereyda, “Stepping Into the Skates of the Director”, in New York Times

Forms of unpleasable

comparativemore unpleasable
superlativemost unpleasable

Origin of unpleasable

From un- + pleasable.

Questions about unpleasable

What does unpleasable mean?
Unpleasable means that cannot be pleased; implacable.
What part of speech is unpleasable?
Unpleasable is an adjective.

Words near unpleasable in the dictionary

  1. unplays
  2. unpleached
  3. unpleadable
  4. unpleaded
  5. unpleading
  6. unpleasable
  7. unpleasance
  8. unpleasances
  9. unpleasant
  10. unpleasanter
  11. unpleasantest

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