UNPLEASANT PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpleasant person mean? 

• UNPLEASANT PERSON (noun)
  The noun UNPLEASANT PERSON has 1 sense:

1. a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

  Familiarity information: UNPLEASANT PERSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPLEASANT PERSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is not pleasant or agreeable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

disagreeable person; unpleasant person

Hypernyms ("unpleasant person" is a kind of...):

persona non grata; unwelcome person (a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unpleasant person"):

scorner; sneerer (a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression)

pharisee (a self-righteous or sanctimonious person)

pill (a unpleasant or tiresome person)

prima donna (a vain and temperamental person)

prude; puritan (a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum)

bum; crumb; dirty dog; git; lowlife; puke; rat; rotter; scum bag; skunk; so-and-so; stinker; stinkpot (a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible)

flouter; jeerer; mocker; scoffer (someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision)

common scold; nag; nagger; scold; scolder (someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault)

selfish person (a person who is unusually selfish)

sneak (a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible)

barbarian; boor; churl; Goth; peasant; tike; tyke (a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement)

prig; snob; snoot; snot (a person regarded as arrogant and annoying)

snorter (someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound)

disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman (a woman who is an unpleasant person)

arriviste; nouveau-riche; parvenu; upstart (a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class)

upstart (an arrogant or presumptuous person)

vulgarian (a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth))

bellyacher; complainer; crybaby; grumbler; moaner; sniveller; squawker; whiner (a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining)

dirt ball; insect; louse; worm (a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect)

egoist; egotist; swellhead (a conceited and self-centered person)

alienator (an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile)

anathema; bete noire (a detested person)

asshole; bastard; cocksucker; dickhead; mother fucker; motherfucker; prick; shit; SOB; son of a bitch; whoreson (insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous)

bore; dullard (a person who evokes boredom)

cold fish (an aloof unemotional person)

creep; spook; weirdie; weirdo; weirdy (someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric)

critic (someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments)

bitch; cunt (a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked)

cynic; faultfinder (someone who is critical of the motives of others)

aggravator; annoyance (an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating)

grabber (an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately)

churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump (a bad-tempered person)

incubus (someone who depresses or worries others)

joker; turkey (a person who does something thoughtless or annoying)

demon; devil; fiend; monster; ogre (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)

oppressor (a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures)

nuisance; pain; pain in the neck (a bothersome annoying person)

pawer (a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner)