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What is another word for displeasing?

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Adjective

Unpleasant or disgusting to the senses

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

Causing distress, dread or alarm

Inadequate, substandard or, not satisfactory

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

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Adjective

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Unpleasant or disgusting to the senses

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

ill-favored^US

agonizing^US

fetid^US

agonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

foetid^UK

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

not quite the done thing

as plain as a pikestaff

strictly for the birds

unfavorable^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

too horrible for words

meagre^UK

meager^US

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

Adjective

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Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

colourful^UK

colorful^US

uncivilized^US

ill-humored^US

uncivilised^UK

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Adjective

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Causing distress, dread or alarm

somber^US

sombre^UK

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

humorless^US

humourless^UK

unfavorable^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

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Adjective

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Inadequate, substandard or, not satisfactory

leaving a lot to be desired

meagre^UK

meager^US

not all it's cracked up to be

leaving much to be desired

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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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

hurting somebody's feelings

steaming up

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

pushing someon's buttons

dejecting

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

getting a rise out of

working up

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

making someone fed up

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

upsetting the applecart

breaking the heart of

mourning

pushing the buttons of

giving the cold shoulder

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

treading on someone's toes

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

making your gorge rise

making someone eat humble pie

getting one's comeuppance

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

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

terrorizing^US

causing discomfort to

terrorising^UK

trying the patience of

putting on the spot

taking the piss out of

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

making it hot for someone

making someone scratch their head

inflicting anguish on

ragging on

making things hot for someone

running up the wrong way

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

psyching out

insisting on

inciting

pushing one's buttons

belabouring^UK

putting to some trouble

making severe demands on

searching high heaven

bringing pressure to bear on

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

driving you out of your mind

driving you off your head

making you see red

driving you round the twist

driving out of mind

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you round the bend

making self-conscious

owning

showing up

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

sending over the edge

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

putting out of countenance

throwing into a tizzy

belaboring^US

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

falling upon

starting in on

moping

hurting the feelings of

tyrannizing^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

carrying a heavy load

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

reducing to tears

making desolate

making despondent

getting into a dither

tyrannising^UK

putting someone off their stroke

making nervous

causing someone to lose their composure

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

putting in traction

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

making your head spin

stymieing

bringing up short

disorientating

causing to be at a stand

messing with one's head

setting someone thinking

going through the mill

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

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

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