Cutting
Cutting adjective - Causing intense discomfort to one's skin.
Unpleasant and cutting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unpleasant" instead an adjective "Cutting".
Unpleasant
Unpleasant adjective - Not giving pleasure to the mind or senses.
Cutting and unpleasant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cutting" instead an adjective "Unpleasant".
Nearby Words: unpleasantness, unpleasantly
Both words in one sentence
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The same principle lends a degree of addictivity to strenuous exercise ("runner's high") and even activities that would seem unpleasant, like cutting oneself.
Source: I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin -
Match.com aired a commercial showing a luckless man dating a variety of creepy, awkward, or unpleasant women, before cutting to their slogan and services.
Source: Terrible Interviewees Montage - Toyota from Y: The Last Man makes a point of being as unpleasant as possible to everyone she comes into contact with, as if sticking swords through them (not to mention cutting Ampersand's tail) wasn't enough.
Source: Jerkass / Comic Books
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Unpleasant and Cutting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cutting/unpleasant
Cutting & Unpleasant. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cutting/unpleasant>.
Unpleasant or Cutting. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cutting/unpleasant.
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