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unpleasanter

unpleasanter is the comparative form of unpleasant.

Meaning of unpleasant

Adjective

unpleasant (comparative unpleasanter or more unpleasant, superlative unpleasantest or most unpleasant)

  1. Not pleasant.
    • O sweet Portia, / Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words / That ever blotted paper!c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about unpleasanter

What is unpleasanter the comparative form of?
Unpleasanter is the comparative form of unpleasant.

Words near unpleasanter in the dictionary

  1. unpleading
  2. unpleasable
  3. unpleasance
  4. unpleasances
  5. unpleasant
  6. unpleasanter
  7. unpleasantest
  8. unpleasantish
  9. unpleasantly
  10. unpleasantness
  11. unpleasantnesses

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