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UNPLEASANT PERSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is not pleasant or agreeable
Synonyms:
disagreeable person; unpleasant person
Classified under:
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"):
barbarian; boor; churl; Goth; peasant; tike; tyke (a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement)
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)
scorner; sneerer (a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression)
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)
aggravator; annoyance (an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating)
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)
egoist; egotist; swellhead (a conceited and self-centered person)
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)
