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unpleasable

unpleasable

7.9
Impossible to satisfy no matter what others do
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈplizəbl/
translation icon : insatisfecho
  • Stop trying to shape yourself to please an unpleasable person.

Stop trying to shape yourself to please an unpleasable person.

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Examples

  • Kendall's still trying to please the unpleasable father.

  • God was a very distant, iron-fisted, unpleasable deity.

    Blog text (26)
  • In fact, in her heart of hearts, Lee probably knew that even Yves would not please Sylvia, for when it came to Lee, her mother was unpleasable.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • It's challenging to work with an unpleasable manager who is never satisfied with any of our ideas.

  • No matter how hard they tried, the team realized it was impossible to satisfy their unpleasable client.

  • Trying to make her unpleasable friend happy felt like an endless task with no reward.

Synonyms

unsatisfiable
vsunpleasable
1 7.9

Not possible to meet a demand or to solve a problem

focuses specifically on being impossible to make happy no matter what
insatiate
vsunpleasable
  • Literature
1 9.9

A person or feeling that always wants more and is never pleased

refers to being impossible to make happy rather than an appetite
unassuageable
vsunpleasable
1 9.9

Impossible to calm or satisfy

focuses on unhappiness that cannot be changed rather than relief of pain
unfulfillable
vsunpleasable
1 8.7

Impossible to do or make happen

refers to inability to make someone happy rather than to complete tasks
unfillable
vsunpleasable
1 6.2

Not able to be made whole or replaced

is about being impossible to make happy rather than physical filling
unsatiable
vsunpleasable
9.9

Always wanting more and never feeling content

is about being impossible to make happy rather than just wanting more
unappeasable
vsunpleasable
8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is about refusal to become happy rather than only calming anger
unslakable
vsunpleasable
9.1

Too strong to satisfy, stop, or put out

is broader, applying to general unhappiness not only thirst or fires

How Satisfied

satisfied
38 1.0
pleased
936 1.0
content
87 1.0
unpleasable
7.9

Surface Forms

unpleasable positive

Morphology

unpleasable = pleasable (transparent) = un + please + able

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the meaning of 'pleasable'.

Etymology

Unpleasable is made of un- meaning 'not', the verb please meaning 'to make happy', and the ending -able meaning 'able to be'. So, unpleasable literally means 'not able to be pleased', like someone you cannot satisfy no matter what you do.