spiacevole
unpleasant, disagreeable
adjective spyah-CHEH-voh-leh Rare
Usage Note
Spiacevole is the opposite of piacevole ('pleasant'). It agrees in gender and number but has a single form for masculine and feminine: un incontro spiacevole, una situazione spiacevole. It tends to be more formal than brutto ('bad') for describing experiences.
Examples
"È stata una situazione spiacevole."
Natural Translation
It was an unpleasant situation.
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