English → Latin
“unpleasant” in Latin
iniūcundusunpleasant, disagreeableingrātusunpleasant, disagreeable; thankless; ungratefulīnsuāvisunpleasant, disagreeablegravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardmolestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresomeodiōsushateful, odious, vexatious, offensive, unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, troublesome
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unpleasant
injucundus: non jucundus: ingratus (not grateful to one’s feelings; i. e., such as one does not like): insuavis (not sweet; i. e., to the taste, the smell, etc.; hence, not pleasant to the moral sense): gravis: molestus (felt to be heavy, oppressive, annoying, etc.): odiosus (hateful, intolerable). (The words are found in this connection and order.) odiosus et molestus (of things). Anything is unpleasant to me, graviter or moleste fero aliquid: very unpleasant, aliquid permoleste fero: to find a smell unpleasant, odore offendi: to a modest man it is unpleasant to, etc., grave est pudenti (e.g., petere aliquid). More under DISAGREEABLE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unpleasant?
- The usual Latin words for “unpleasant” are iniūcundus, ingrātus, īnsuāvis; also gravis, molestus, odiōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.