What's the difference between revolting and unpleasant?

Revolting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revolt
  • (a.) Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The announcement on feed-in tariffs will be welcomed by Labour backbenchers, who staged the biggest revolt of Gordon Brown's leadership over the issue.
  • (2) Indeed, his reaction to the nationwide citizens' revolt reveals ominous parallels with another autocratic leader who has recently found himself in a tight spot: Vladimir Putin.
  • (3) I doubt the Daily Telegraph or David Cameron would support openly available "good porn", because I suspect they are just revolted by the whole idea of mixing sex and young people generally.
  • (4) "I doubt if there are any rational people to whom the word 'fuck' would be particularly diabolical, revolting or totally forbidden," Tynan said loftily, in the middle of a discussion about how sex could be represented on stage.
  • (5) Earlier, the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg , said the heightened security measures could remain in place on a permanent basis as he warned of the dangers posed by a "medieval, violent, revolting ideology".
  • (6) A statement from the White House press secretary, Jay Carney, late on Tuesday evening capped an extraordinary day of near-revolt on Capitol Hill concerning the secret National Security Agency surveillance programes revealed by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden and published by the Guardian and Washington Post.
  • (7) Westminster wits had taken to ridiculing the rebel movement against Gordon Brown as a "peasants' revolt", a cohort without influence.
  • (8) Ukip is also a very grey revolt, which adds another dark cloud over its long-term prospects – although, of course, generational change takes a long time!
  • (9) "Public sector workers and their families are utterly shocked by Jeremy Clarkson's revolting comments.
  • (10) As such, only in localised situations, where a popular revolt has long been brewing against cartel politics – Tower Hamlets or Bradford, for instance – has the left made a breakthrough.
  • (11) The Daily Telegraph delivered yesterday, describing the March in May protests as a revolt of the ferals .
  • (12) But despite all the institutional obstacles, Fahmy is certain that the size and nature of this year's revolt means there can be no going back to the days when Egyptians were severed from the deliberations and documents of those ruling in their name.
  • (13) Standard Chartered, HSBC's rival emerging markets bank, last week suffered the biggest revolt on a pay policy so far when 41% of shareholder votes opposed its proposed bonus terms for top executives.
  • (14) The news comes as James Murdoch faces a shareholder revolt over his continuing presence on the board of BSkyB, where he acts as chairman.
  • (15) The revolt represents a bittersweet victory for Tsipras, who now has to rely on “pro-European” opposition parties to push policies through parliament.
  • (16) Few measures have elicited more anger – or ingenious forms of revolt – than the property tax announced by Greek ministers to plug a budget black hole that might have gone unnoticed had Greece's plight not threatened the entire eurozone.
  • (17) A backbench revolt by Dáil deputies from the main ruling party Fine Gael is only going to amount to up to five of its Teachta Dálas with the protection of life during pregnancy bill likely to be passed on Thursday morning.
  • (18) How did Hilary Benn, Maria Eagle, Charles Falconer and Paul Kenny choose Trident as the totem of revolt?
  • (19) This afternoon, the first man sent out to dismiss the revolt was Tony Lloyd, chairman of the parliamentary Labour party, and the man who would have had to call the unconstitutional secret ballot.
  • (20) There is boardroom squabbling, the workforce is in open revolt and there are no new product lines.

Unpleasant


Definition:

  • (a.) Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the ketamine group, 36% of the patients complained of unpleasant dreams.
  • (2) Facial expression, EEG, and self-report of subjective emotional experience were recorded while subjects individually watched both pleasant and unpleasant films.
  • (3) The subjects described the thirst sensations as mainly due to a dry unpleasant tasting mouth, which was promptly relieved by drinking.
  • (4) It is no wonder that these visits can be stressful and unpleasant.
  • (5) Jonathan Rees, who was yesterday cleared of murdering his former business partner, Daniel Morgan, is a private investigator of a particularly unpleasant and vindicative kind.
  • (6) The lack of clinical activity and the unpleasant adverse effects in this population of patients with previously treated cervix cancer makes it unlikely that this drug will play any significant role in treatment.
  • (7) It must be very unpleasant to find out you’ve violated a brilliant artist whose public performance about you has drawn international attention and widespread support.
  • (8) In its infancy, the movement against censorship agitated on behalf of artists, iconoclasts, talented blasphemers; against repressive forces whose unpleasantness only confirmed which side was in the right.
  • (9) Before and after the experiment subjects were required to answer a questionnaire concerned with their image and attitude toward computers and the degree to which the task of typing is unpleasant.
  • (10) In our experience intestinal bypass, though resulting in significant weight loss, is associated with a number of unpleasant complications.
  • (11) "If you told them that some ... warheads were going to be dropped there and that it would be a very unpleasant place to go, they would not go there."
  • (12) In a joint statement the chapels said:"It shows management's utter disregard for the loyalty and dedication that their staff show every day in their efforts to produce quality newspapers and magazines, and sends out a deeply unpleasant message: no matter your experience or your commitment, everything is rated by cost."
  • (13) High problem severity was primarily associated with drinking in response to unpleasant affect and the belief that alcohol enhances social behavior.
  • (14) In an attitude survey of pregnant women 77% believed that vaginal examination was reassuring, 55% found it unpleasant, and 18% thought it could cause miscarriage.
  • (15) Cold pressor stimulation consisted of forearm immersion in a circulating water bath maintained at 0-1 degrees C. Subjects made threshold determinations of pain and tolerance and used Visual Analogue Scales to rate the strength and the unpleasantness of both noxious stimuli before and after receiving either hypnosis- or relaxation-induced analgesia.
  • (16) What's impressive is Cole's unfailing good cheer in the face of so much unpleasantness.
  • (17) It’s not as smelly as people imagine (myth number three), but it is still unpleasant, especially when the space is this confined, and one of the men tells me he reckons they are underpaid for what they do.
  • (18) Lidocaine (20 mg IV) will significantly reduce the incidence and severity of pain with propofol injection, but about 6% of patients will still suffer unpleasant pain if the dorsum of the hand is used.
  • (19) Both normal controls and left brain-damaged patients often averted their gaze from the screen when unpleasant material was displayed, whereas right brain-damaged patients rarely showed gaze aversion.
  • (20) However, all 8 subjects had unpleasant nasal symptoms following chlormethiazole, and it is therefore not an ideal hypnotic for this age group.