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Definition: Unpleasant |
UnpleasantAdjective1. Not pleasant; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors". 2. Causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person". 3. Very unpleasant or annoying. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unpleasant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Multilingual Slang | Hungarian (ciki, tre'), Spanish (culero). (references) |
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Synonyms: UnpleasantSynonyms: objectionable (adj), obnoxious (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: pleasant (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inexpectation | Unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise. |
Pain | Adjective: causing pain, hurting; Verb: hurtful; (bad); painful; dolorific, dolorous; unpleasant; unpleasing, displeasing; disagreeable, unpalatable, bitter, distasteful; uninviting; unwelcome; undesirable, undesired; obnoxious; unacceptable, unpopular, thankless. |
Unsavoriness | Offensive, repulsive, nasty; sickening. Verb: nauseous; loathsome, fulsome; unpleasant . |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unpleasant |
| English words defined with "unpleasant": most unpleasant ♦ unpleasant woman. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "unpleasant": Indelectable ♦ Unpleasive. (references) |
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Screenplays | I owe you an unpleasant death, Mr. Bond! (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Let me see if I've got this straight, Lieutenant: it's an 8-foot creature, some kind with acid for blood, kills on sight, and is generally unpleasant. (Alien; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) It seems you have discovered your unpleasant nature. (Dark City; writing credit: Alex Proyas) Hello, James, what an unpleasant surprise. (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France) Can you face some unpleasant facts? (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) | |
Lyrics | Of unpleasant names. (Poisoning Pigeons In The Park; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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 | Displeasure; displease; displeasing; distaste; distasteful; rancor; disgust; bitter; unpleasant; dislike; disliking. |
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Benjamin Disraeli | Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. |
Edward Heath | The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Fauchelevent made with his left hand that peculiar gesture, which dismisses an unpleasant question. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This liquor tasted like a small cider, and was not unpleasant. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | To be alone was something unpleasant. |
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Health | HRT can have unpleasant side effects, such as bloating or irritability. (references) | |
The combination drugs often contain sedatives to combat the unpleasant side effects of ephedrine. (references) | ||
People often have an unpleasant reaction to something they ate and wonder if they have a food allergy. (references) | ||
Worker Rights | Indonesia | Labor activist Ngadinah, an employee of a company that produces shoes, was acquitted on August 30 charges that she committed violence against the authorities, and of offensive, violent, or unpleasant conduct. (references) |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | In connection with this unpleasant state of things on our western frontier it is proper for me to mention the attempts of foreign agents to alienate the affections of the Indian nations and to excite them to actual hostilities against the United States. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. |
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| "Unpleasant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unpleasant" is used about 1,305 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 1,305 | 6,068 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "unpleasant": most unpleasant ♦ unpleasant consequence ♦ unpleasant person ♦ unpleasant situation ♦ unpleasant smell ♦ unpleasant surprise ♦ unpleasant woman. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "unpleasant": unpleasant-coloured, unpleasant-looking, unpleasant-sounding, unpleasant-tasting. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unpleasant | 3 |
event unpleasant | 3 |
diego event san unpleasant | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "unpleasant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i palezetshëm (ill-favored, ill-favoured, inurbane, trite, unagreeable, unbeseeming, uncomely, unseemly, vapid), i pakëndshëm (awkward, bad, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, dreary, grating, hard, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, repellent, ugly, unattractive, uncongenial, ungrateful, unlovable, unpalatable, unpresentable, unsightly, warm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كريه (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, bad, brackish, cursed, detestable, disagreeable, distasteful, foul, frightful, hateful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, objectionable, odious, offensive, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, seamy, sickening, sour, ugly, unattractive, unwholesome, wicked), مزعج (aggravating, annoying, bore, bothering, bothersome, disagreeable, disquieting, disturber, disturbing, galling, grating, harsh, horrid, importunate, importune, intruder, irksome, irritating, mean, mischievous, offensive, pain in the neck, pestilential, plaguy, provoking, terrible, tiresome, troubled, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wicked, worrisome), بغيض (abominable, accursed, antipathetic, beastly, blasted, cursed, damned, detestable, distasteful, dreadful, forbidding, frightful, hateful, horrid, impossible, nasty, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, sticky, ungrateful, unhappy, unlikely, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury, unwelcome, villainous), بشع (atrocious, grasping, grievous, gruesome, hideous, homely, horrid, shapeless, ugly, ungainly, unhandsome, unsightly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неприятен (annoying, chronic, clammy, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, hairy, hideous, hoggish, inconvenient, invidious, irksome, nasty, objectionable, painful, plaguesome, plaguy, repugnant, sour, tiresome, troublesome, ugly, unagreeable, unappetizing, uncongenial, uncool, undesirable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, untoward, unwelcome, vinegary, wicked), противен (abhorrent, abominable, adverse, bastard, contrary, cross, disagreeable, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, loud, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repugnant, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 令人不快, 不愉快 (disagreeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neutìšený (cheerless, dismal, Gray, grey), nepřívìtivý (uncongenial, unfriendly, ungracious), nepříjemný (annoying, awkward, difficult, disagreeable, embarrassing, irksome, irritating, miserable, nasty, objectionable, sticky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uncongenial, uneasy, unsavory, untoward, vexatious), nemilý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uvenlig (brutal, gruff, harsh, nasty, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onaardig (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind), nurks (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind), nors (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind), honds (brutal, gruff, harsh, impolite, rough, rude, sour, sullen, surly, unkind), bars (abrupt, brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malafabla (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, surly, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | óblíður (bleak, brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نامطبوع (Hard, Nasty, Rancid, Ungraceful, Ungracious, Unhandsome), ناگوار (Burdensome, Harsh, Horrible, Unsavory), ناخوش ایند (Undesirable, Ungrateful, Unsavory, Unwelcome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vastenmielinen (disagreeable, displeasing, obnoxious, repugnant, repulsive), kelju (crooked, fishy), ikävä (boredom, dull, longing, regret, tedious, tedium, tiresome, unfortunate, uninteresting), epämiellyttävä (disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, unattractive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mauvais (unpalatable), maussade (unkind), ingrat (unattractive, undutiful, unfruitful, ungrateful, ungrateful person, unsatisfying, unthankful), désagréable (unattractive, unpalatable), déplaisant (unfriendly, unkind, unneighborly, unsympathetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unangenehm (awkward, disagreeable, disagreeably, disconcerting, displeasing, embarrassing, grating, invidious, mawkish, nasty, objectionably, painful, tough, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, uncomfortably, uncongenial, unpalatable, unpleasantly, unpleasing, unwelcome, upsetting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δυσάρεστοσ (disagreeable, displeasing, nasty, noisome, objectionable, ungracious, unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא עים (bad, disagreeable, distasteful), בלתי עים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kellemetlen (awkward, bad, bothersome, churlish, crabby, cumbersome, cumbrous, disagreeable, disappointing, displeasing, effing, evil, galling, grotty, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inconvenient, irksome, jarring, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, pesky, pestilent, pestilential, plaguy, poisonous, to be in a hole, trying, unaffected, ungracious, unlovely, unsavory, unsavoury, untoward), csúf (disfigured, ugly, unhandsome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | óvingjarnlegur (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind), óvænn (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tak menyenangkan (displease, undesirable), bau (aroma, foul, odour, scent, smell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rude (brutal, coarse, gruff, harsh, rough, rude, rugged, sour, sullen, surly, tough, unkind), brusco (abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque, brutal, cavalier, downright, gruff, harsh, offhand, offhanded, outspoken, rough, sharp, short, sour, sullen, surly, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 嫌 (detestable, disagreeable, reluctant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すみにくい (inconvenient), きまずい (awkward), まずい (awkward, bungling, ugly, unappetising, unskilful, untimely, unwise), うとましい (adverse, disagreeable, unsympathetic), ふかい (add to, close, deep, discomfort, displeasure, profound, thick, twist the meaning), にがにがしい (disgusting, loathsome, scandalous, shameful), いやらしい (detestable, dirty, disagreeable, disgusting, indecent, lascivious, lewd, repulsive), いや (detestable, disagreeable, nay, no, reluctant, well, yes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 불쾌한 (Nasty, Obnoxious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | uvennlig (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | easantunplay nieuprzejmy (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind). (various references) desagradável (bad, beastly, bleak, brackish, crabbed, desagreeable, disagreeable, disgusting, dismal, displeasing, distasteful, dreadful, dreary, fearful, forbidding, foul, frightful, ghastly, grisly, horrible, invidious, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, seamy, ugly, uncomfortable, uncongenial, undesirable, ungrateful, unlovely, unsavory, unsavoury, unthankful, untoward, unwelcome, unwished). (various references) urâcios (disagreeable, disgusting, grumpy, hideous, repugnant, repulsive, ugly, unsightly, vicious, villainous, wicked), strâmtoare (awkwardness, bottle-neck, clutch, constraint, extremity, fix, gorge, gullet, gut, jam, loss, narrow, narrows, necessity, scrape, sound, stew, Strait, trouble, want), scârbos (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, bloody, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, foul, fulsome, ghastly, loathsome, loathsomely, nasty, nauseous, repugnant, repulsive, sickening, verminous, vile), neplãcut (acrid, annoying, bad, beastly, bothersome, brackish, dark, disagreeable, dreadful, forbidding, hard, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, niggling, objectionable, obnoxious, obnoxiously, offensive, offensively, provoking, snuffy, sorry, ugly, unlucky, unsavory, unsavoury, unwelcome), jenant (annoying, awkward, delicate, embarrassing, painful, tedious, troublesome, uncomfortable, uneasy), dezagreabil (disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, unfriendly), buclucaş (difficult, troublesome). (various references) неприятный (disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, galling, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, plaguesome, plaguy, repellent, rotten, ugly customer, unagreeable, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungrateful, unlovable, unlovely, unpalatable, wampus). (various references) tòchd , tòch (an unpleasant smell), tòchd (a disease of the eye in cattle, nm.ind. unpleasant smell). (various references) neugodan (incommodious), neprijatan (awkward, disagreeable, harsh, nasty, offensive, unagreeable, uncongenial, unflattering, ungracious, unkind, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury), nemio (disagreeable, ugly, ungraceful, unlovely). (various references) desagradable (bloody minded, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, ornery, painful, unpleasing, unsavory, unsavoury), brusko (brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, sullen, surly, unkind), bronco (abrupt, brazen, brittle, brutal, crude, gruff, harsh, raw, rough, ruffianly, sour, sullen, surly, unkind, unworked, unwrought). (various references) otrevlig (bleak, disagreeable, dismal, dreary, exasperating, fierce, ghastly, grisly, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, snotty, uncongenial), obehaglig (awkward, bleak, disagreeable, dismal, dreary, ghastly, grisly, horrible, nasty, offensive, queasy, sticky, uncomfortable, uneasy). (various references) tatsız (arid, chippy, disagreeable, distasteful, dull, dusty, flat, flavorless, flavourless, frail, insipid, milk and water, objectionable, queasy, savorless, savourless, sticky, tame, tasteless, ugly, unamusing, uncomfortable, uncongenial, ungracious, unpalatable, unsweetened, unwelcome, vapid, watery), sıkıcı (arid, bald, boring, burdensome, constringent, cut and dried, damnable, dead alive, disconcerting, ditch water, ditchwater, drab, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, gaunt, gloomy, grave, grotty, humdrum, inanimate, insipid, irksome, oppressive, poky, ponderous, prose, prosy, slow, sluggish, soul-destroying, soulless, stodgy, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, trying, uncongenial, unexeciting, unreadable, unsensational, vapid, waste, watery, wearisome), nahoş (disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, graceless, grating, repellent, repelling, unlikable, unlikeable), hoş olmayan (disagreeable, objectionable, ungracious, unlikable, unlikeable, unpalatable), çirkin (beastly, eldritch, flagrant, foul, god-awful, heinous, hideous, homely, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inelegant, misshapen, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, plain, seamy, shapeless, ugly, unattractive, uncomely, uncouth, unhandsome, unlovely, unsightly). (various references) mдhirsiz (disagreeable). (various references) непри"мний (acerbic, bad, beastly, brackish, disagreeable, displeased, displeasing, distasteful, grisly, hack, importune, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, painful, plaguy, poor, provoking, snooty, tedious, ugly, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unlovable, unloveable, unlovely, unwelcome). (various references) xấu (baleful, deplorable, evil, ill-favoured, ill-looking, punk, shabby, sorry, ugly, unbeautiful, wicked, wrong), khó chịu (accursed, accurst, annoyed, beastly, colour, devil, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, incommodious, nasty, noisome, obnoxious, obtrusive, plaguesome, queer, tiresome, unacceptable, unpleasing, vile, vinegar), khó ưa (ungentle), đáng ghét (accursed, accurst, anathematic, anathematical, cursed, cursedly, loathly, loathsome, obnoxious). (various references) annymunol (disagreeable), annifyr (miserable), anhygar (unamiable, untidy), anhyfryd, anaddef. 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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | incommodo, incommodus, ingrati, ingratis, ingratos, ingratus. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "unpleasant": unpleasantly, unpleasantness, unpleasantnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Unpleasant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unpleasent. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unpleasant" (pronounced unple"zunt) |
| 7 | -p l e" z u n t | pleasant. |
| 5 | -e" z u n t | omnipresent, peasant, pheasant, present. |
| 4 | -z u n t | cognizant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pigment, piquant, placement, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-n-n-p-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: annulate, annulets, nauseant, platanes, plateaus, pleasant. | |
-3 letters: anapest, annates, anneals, annuals, annulet, eluants, palates, peanuts, peasant, penults, planate, planets, platane, platans, plateau, platens, pulsant, pulsate, punnets, saltpan, sealant, spatula, sultana, tunnels, unspent. | |
-4 letters: alants, alates, anenst, annals, anneal, annual, annuls, ansate, apneal, apneas, aslant, eluant, lanate, latens, lauans, letups, lunate, lunets, nausea, paeans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-n-n-p-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: unpleasantly. | |
+3 letters: encapsulating, encapsulation, supernational. | |
+4 letters: antepenultimas, encapsulations, nonspectacular, unpleasantness. | |
+5 letters: antispeculation, nonencapsulated, superabundantly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 70 6C 65 61 73 61 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .--. .-.. . .- ... .- -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110000 01101100 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n p l e a s a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0070 006C 0065 0061 0073 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55808278716785678086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Sounds 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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