Collocations for unpleasant - adj.
VERBS
be,
feel,
look,
seem,
smell,
sound,
taste
become, get, turn
Things started to get unpleasant when the police were called.
become, get, turn
Things started to get unpleasant when the police were called.
make sth
He may make life unpleasant for the rest of us.
He may make life unpleasant for the rest of us.
find sb/sth
I found the atmosphere in there extremely unpleasant.
I found the atmosphere in there extremely unpleasant.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
decidedly, deeply, distinctly, downright, highly, most, particularly
His clothes smelled most unpleasant.
decidedly, deeply, distinctly, downright, highly, most, particularly
His clothes smelled most unpleasant.
thoroughly
a thoroughly unpleasant man
a thoroughly unpleasant man
not altogether,
not entirely
The overall feeling was a strange mixture of sensations, not altogether unpleasant.
The overall feeling was a strange mixture of sensations, not altogether unpleasant.
a little,
slightly,
etc.
PREPOSITION
for
tests which are unpleasant for patients
tests which are unpleasant for patients
to
He was very unpleasant to my friends.
He was very unpleasant to my friends.
Unpleasant is used with these nouns:
character, consequence, encounter, episode, fact, incident, manner, memory, odour, reality, scene, sensation, side effect, situation, smell, stench, surprise, symptom, task, taste, truth
character, consequence, encounter, episode, fact, incident, manner, memory, odour, reality, scene, sensation, side effect, situation, smell, stench, surprise, symptom, task, taste, truth