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What is another word for displeasing?

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Adjective

Causing offense or disgust

Inadequate, substandard or, not satisfactory

Distressing to the mind or senses

Causing unhappiness or discomfort

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

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Adjective

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Causing offense or disgust

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

ill-favored^US

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

fetid^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

foetid^UK

unfavorable^US

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

strictly for the birds

not quite the done thing

as plain as a pikestaff

mouldy^UK

moldy^US

gray^US

grey^UK

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

too horrible for words

disheveled^US

dishevelled^UK

faecal^UK

fecal^US

moldering^US

unfit for human consumption

mouldered^UK

moldered^US

mouldering^UK

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“It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama.”

Adjective

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Inadequate, substandard or, not satisfactory

leaving a lot to be desired

not all it's cracked up to be

leaving much to be desired

meager^US

meagre^UK

off-colour^UK

strictly for the birds

off-color^US

less than satisfactory

not up to expectations

of no financial value

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Adjective

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Distressing to the mind or senses

unfavorable^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

gray^US

grey^UK

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

looking on the black side

ill-favored^US

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Adjective

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Causing unhappiness or discomfort

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

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Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

putting someone's nose out of joint

ruffling one's feathers

giving a hard time

making somebody's hackles rise

getting on one's nerves

rattling someone's cage

depressing

disobliging

burning

hurting somebody's feelings

scandalising^UK

getting your dander up

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

getting up someone's nose

getting your hackles up

freaking out

driving bananas

rubbing you up the wrong way

getting someone's wick

getting across someone

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

driving you up the wall

filling with loathing

making someone's hackles rise

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's hackles up

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

pushing someon's buttons

steaming

dejecting

getting a rise out of

upsetting the applecart

harming

making someone fed up

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

pushing the buttons of

causing resentment to

treading on someone's toes

breaking the heart of

abusing

slandering

dumping on

giving the cold shoulder

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

making your gorge rise

giving cause for complaint

paralysing^UK

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

taking the wind out of your sails

completely surprising

traumatising^UK

thunderstriking

throwing a curve

shaking out of your complacency

paralyzing^US

setting someone back on their heels

causing discomfort to

poking fun at

making sport of

losing sleep

trying the patience of

taking the piss out of

victimizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

making it hot for someone

inflicting anguish on

putting in a spot

making uncomfortable

ragging on

making things hot for someone

victimising^UK

terrorizing^US

running up the wrong way

driving insane

throwing off

kidding around

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

pushing one's buttons

making someone scratch their head

belabouring^UK

terrorising^UK

bringing pressure to bear on

tiring out

leaning on

putting pressure on

making severe demands on

searching high heaven

noodging

bullyragging

hurting the feelings of

tearing to pieces

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

tyrannizing^US

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

making livid

driving you out of your mind

making you see red

driving you round the twist

driving you crazy

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you round the bend

tyrannising^UK

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

belaboring^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

dampening the spirits of

causing to lose heart

carrying a heavy load

barracking

shouting down

getting into a dither

putting someone off their stroke

making nervous

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

going through the mill

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“May I never laugh at their mistakes, or resort to ridicule when they displease me.”

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