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Word Meanings - UNACCEPTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`ac*cept"a*bly, adv.

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  • ACCEPTABLE
    Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
  • DISAGREEABLENESS
    The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
  • OFFENSIVE
    1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach."
  • PLEASER
    One who pleases or gratifies.
  • PLEASANT-TONGUED
    Of pleasing speech.
  • PLEASANTNESS
    The state or quality of being pleasant.
  • PLEASURIST
    A person devoted to worldly pleasure. Sir T. Browne.
  • DISPLEASANCE
    Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. Chaucer.
  • PLEASURER
    A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
  • UNPLEASANTRY
    1. Want of pleasantry. 2. A state of disagreement; a falling out. Thackeray.
  • PLEASURELESS
    Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
  • PLEASURE
    1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain,
  • DISAGREEABLE
    1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. Udall. 2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or That which is disagreeable to one is
  • DISPLEASER
    One who displeases.
  • DISPLEASANT
    Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n.
  • DISPLEASING
    Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.
  • PLEASUREFUL
    Affording pleasure.
  • DISPLEASURE
    1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor;
  • PLEASED
    Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ed*ness, n.
  • WELCOMER
    One who welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, a newcomer. Shak.
  • OVERPLEASE
    To please excessively.
  • INOFFENSIVE
    1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance. 2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. Dryden. 3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance. Milton.
  • UNACCEPTABLE
    Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`ac*cept"a*bly, adv.
  • TIMEPLEASER
    One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.
  • IMPLEASING
    Unpleasing; displeasing. Overbury.
  • MEN-PLEASER
    One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. Eph. vi. 6.

 

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