Desagradable in english
pronunciation: ənplezənt part of speech: adjective
desagradable = off-putting ; unwelcome ; unpleasant ; disagreeable ; unkind ; obnoxious ; peevish ; distasteful ; unappealing ; seamy ; unsavoury [unsavory, -USA] ; unpalatable ; unsightly ; minging ; abrasive ; nasty ; unwholesome ; insalubrious ; invidious ; ill-natured ; rotten.
Example: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.Example: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.Example: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, she added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you' = And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, she added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.Example: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.Example: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.Example: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil.Example: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.Example: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.Example: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.Example: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.Example: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.Example: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.Example: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Example: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Example: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Example: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Example: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.Example: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living .Example: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.Example: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.Example: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.more:
» algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape .
Example: The priest is just another body, however, a dark blot on the landscape, a mere spectator who becomes transparent in the eyes of his flock.» darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch .
Example: This selfish attitude of some librarians make me flinch sometimes.» decir cosas desagradables = say + mean things .
Example: But every now and then you'll run into someone who's truly a bad sport -- a kid who plays dirty, hogs the ball, or says mean things to you.» de sabor desagradable = unpalatable .
Example: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.» desagradable a la vista = eyesore [Nombre y adjetivo] .
Example: He argues for special attention to faculty offices, landscaping, 'green' architecture, preservation of heritage buildings, removal of eyesore buildings, and safety.» encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store ; be in for a rude awakening .
Example: A rude awakening may be in store when they discover that their college or university professors require them to use scholarly resources. Example: The incoherence of the existing norms still protects each of us in our individual spheres, but we might be in for a rude awakening.» esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store ; be in for a rude awakening .
Example: A rude awakening may be in store when they discover that their college or university professors require them to use scholarly resources. Example: The incoherence of the existing norms still protects each of us in our individual spheres, but we might be in for a rude awakening.» húmedo y desagradable = dank .
Example: There's nothing worse than stepping out of the shower fresh and clean only to be met by an awful dank odor coming from your towel.» lo desagradable = unpleasantness .
Example: This situation occurs when supervisors can't face the unpleasantness that might arise from an unfavorable evaluation.» situación desagradable = unpleasantness .
Example: This situation occurs when supervisors can't face the unpleasantness that might arise from an unfavorable evaluation.» sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening .
Example: Anyone who loves to be taken away by a good travel yarn will find 'Rude Awakenings' a great adventure.