Epämiellyttävä

Epämiellyttävä is a Finnish adjective meaning unpleasant or disagreeable. It is formed with the negating prefix epä- plus the stem miellyttävä (pleasant). The word is used to describe things, situations, or experiences that cause discomfort, aversion, or lack of enjoyment. It can describe people, events, tastes, odors, or sensations, and it spans everyday speech to more formal contexts.

In Finnish, epämiellyttävä declines like other adjectives. The nominative singular form is epämiellyttävä. The partitive singular form is epämiellyttävää and is commonly used in constructions with verbs or infinitives, for example: Epämiellyttävää on kuunnella valituksia (It is unpleasant to listen to complaints). The predicate form with a copula can be epämiellyttävä, as in Se on epämiellyttävä tilanne (That is an unpleasant situation). Adverbially, epämiellyttäväis- is rendered as epämiellyttävästi to describe the manner of action.

Typical usage notes: epämiellyttävä is a neutral, everyday descriptor, milder than stronger terms like kamala or kauhea. It is applicable to subjective reactions as well as objective observations, and it often appears in discussions about experiences, behavior, or environmental conditions. Related terms include miellyttävä (pleasant) and related negations formed with epä- (as in epämiellyttävä). The word is common in both written and spoken Finnish and can be used across various registers.