Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpleasurable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-plea-sur-able
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That gives displeasure.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English pleasure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pleasurable English unpleasurable From un- + pleasurable.

Inflected Forms

more unpleasurable (comparative) most unpleasurable (superlative)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does unpleasurable mean?
That gives displeasure.
Where does unpleasurable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English pleasure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pleasurable English unpleasurable From un- + pleasurable.

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