unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, off-putting, displeasing, unpleasing, bad, rude, unsavory, uncomfortable, unlikable, objectionable, painful, uncongenial, crappy, gnarly (US slang); nasty, ugly, unkind, objectionable, unsightly (e.g., person, behavior)
“Ella tendrá una sorpresa muy desagradable.” — She's in for a rude awakening.
Antonyms: agradable
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Spanish agradar Spanish desagradar Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old Spanish -abile Spanish -able Spanish desagradable From desagradar + -able. Compare Catalan desagradable, French désagréable, Italian sgradevole and Portuguese desagradável.