your sister!
unpleasant /лп^егли/ [adj] rude or
unfriendly in the way you talk to people or answer their questions: That man in the grocery store is always so unpleasant. be unpleasant to sb You shouldn't have been so unpleasant to her - she was on ly trying to help.
Qnot very nice /not veri 'nais/ spoken unkind or unfriendly - use this especially about things people say to each other: They just told us to shut up, which wasn't very nice.
not very nic« of sb "He kept telling me how fat I was." "That wasn't very nice of him, was it?*
HORRIBLE/
UNPLEASANT
LIKE/NOT LIKE
BAD
\ t
NICE
GOOD
mean /miin/ [adj) american informal someone who is mean behaves in a rude,
a horrible feeling/ experience/accident
horrible /tajMI'hM-.'ha:-/ [adj] a horrible experience or feeling is one that makes you feel very worried and upset: It was really horrible coming home and finding all our things had been stolen. I There was a horrible moment when she thought she had left all her files on the train.
nasty /na:sti|'naesti/ [adj] horrible - use this especially about events where there is violence, injury, or death: There was a nasty accident on the freeway and seven people were killed. I a particularly nasty murder case I The news of his death came as a nasty shock.
unpleasant /лп'р1ег*т/ [adj] an
unpleasant situation is one that makes you feel slightly worried, uncomfortable, or embarrassed: I had an unpleasant feeling that someone was following me. I Phi! and Jane just argued the whole time, so it was a pretty unpleasant evening.
Qnot very nice /not veri nais/ spoken unpleasant: It's not very nice being stuck in an elevator for an hour. I Divorce is not a very nice business.
A
People often use not very nice to describe something that is in fact extremely unpleasant.
nightmare /патпеэг/ [n singular] a very unpleasant or frightening experience: We were stuck in a traffic jam for about four hours - it was a nightmare. turn into a nightmare (-become very unpleasant) The couple's honeymoon turned into a nightmare when Martin suddenly became very ill.
A You can also use nightmare before a noun, like an adjective: a nightmare journey
a horrible taste/smell/ sight etc
horrible/disgusting/revolting
/'horib^U dis'gAstiq, ri'vauluqltwi-Zha:-/ [adj\
very bad - use this especially to talk about things that taste or smell or look really bad: It was the most disgusting meal I've ever eaten! I His teeth were a revolting yellow color. I What a horrible smellJ I The villagers cooked a special stew, which looked and smelled revolting.
Don't say 'very horrible/disgusting/ revolting'. Say really horrible/disgusting/ revolting.
foul jfaol/ [adj] a foul smell or taste is extremely bad, and is caused especially by things decaying: There was a foul smell coming up from the river.
Qgross /graos/ [adj not before noun] spoken, especially american very unpleasant - use this to talk about food, smells, or things people do that you dislike very much: Ooh, gross! I hate spinach! I Brad threw up on the floor at the party. It was really gross.
HOT
if you mean 'food that has a hot taste', go to taste 7
opposite cold see also weather
object/liquid/surface
hot /hotflhait/ [ac/j] Eat your dinner while it's hot I Each room has hot and cold running water. \ Be careful - that pan's still very hot.
red hot (-extremely hot) By 10 o'clock, the sand on the beach was red hot.
hot - hotter - hottest
boiling/boiling hot /boihi],
'hot^H-'hait^/ [adj] a liquid that is boiling or boiling hot is extremely hot: I'm not getting into that bathtub vet. It's boiling! I Boi/ing hot water poured out of the radiator.
scalding/scalding hot /sbildiq,
,sto:ldir) 'hDHf-'ha:H/ [adj] a liquid or drink that is scalding or scalding hot is
extremely hot, so that it burns you if you touch it or drink it: She handed me a mug of scalding hot coffee.
Б room/place/weather
hot /hDt|ha:t/ [adj] It was a hot summer's day. I The Gobi Desert is one of the hottest places on earth. it's hot (=when the weather is hot or a room is hot) It's hot in here - why don't you turn the heater down? I It was too hot to play volleyball.
hot - hotter - hottest
heat /hirt [n U] when something is hot. especially the air in a room or outside: Seuera/ of her plants had died in the heat. I The heat from the fire was almost unbearable. I In the desert, the heat of the day is soon lost when the sun goes down.
Q boiling/boiling hot Ъэilnj, borlfij
'hDW||-ha;t<«/ [adj] spoken very hot: a boiling hot day in August it's boiling/boiling hot Open the door - it's boiling in here.
Qbroiling 'broiliq/ [adj] american especially spoken weather that is broiling is very hot and makes you feel uncomfortable: The day of the pony race шаз broiling hot. I the broiling heat of a Mississippi summer
sweltering 'swebnq/ [adj] weather that is sweltering is very hot and makes you feel tired and uncomfortable: Lucy came to call one sweltering afternoon in July. I the sweltering summer of 1995
Sweltering is used especially in written descriptions.
heatwave /hiitweiv/ [n C] a period of time when the weather is much hotter than usuaclass="underline" The heatwave continued throughout August and into September.
warm, but not hot