(unpleasant situation)

  • 1situation — n. 1) to comprehend, grasp, take in a situation 2) to accept a situation 3) an awkward; crisis, emergency; critical; delicate; desperate; embarrassing; explosive; fluid; hopeless, no win (colloq.); intolerable; life and death; stable; tricky;… …

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  • 2unpleasant — unpleasantly, adv. /un plez euhnt/, adj. not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner. [1525 35; UN 1 + PLEASANT] * * * …

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  • 3unpleasant — adjective 1) a very unpleasant situation Syn: disagreeable, irksome, distressing, nasty, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, invidious, objectionable 2) an unpleasant man Syn: unlikeable …

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  • 4Situation comedy — A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring… …

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  • 5unpleasant — adjective 1) a very unpleasant situation Syn: disagreeable, irksome, troublesome, annoying, irritating, vexatious, displeasing, distressing, nasty, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, hateful, miserable, invidious, objectio …

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  • 6unpleasant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste ▪ become, get, turn …

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  • 7situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national …

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  • 8situation */*/*/ — UK [ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms situation : singular situation plural situations Metaphor: Situations and states are like places. A pleasant/happy situation is safe, like your home, and a bad situation is like an unpleasant… …

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  • 9save the situation — save the day/situation phrase to do something that prevents a situation from becoming unpleasant, embarrassing, or unsuccessful I locked myself out but Yuki had her keys and saved the day. Thesaurus: to prevent something from happeningsynonym to… …

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  • 10put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …

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