unpleasant

To read of Herrmann’s witheringly unpleasant treatment of his wives, musicians, friends and co-workers is to wonder at the mystery of the self-sabotaging genius.

Many of her tasks were incredibly dull; others were quite unpleasant.

With his 105-pitch masterpiece, Yamamoto spared manager Dave Roberts the unpleasant duty of opening the gates to hell — pardon me, the bullpen — and tied the series at one game apiece.

But for her part, Bronstein hopes “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” will reflect that unpredictable truth, even when it’s unpleasant.

In addition, Mr. Denton’s delivery ranges from pugnacious to hostile and in contrast to all the suave vampires around him, Guy is a consistently unpleasant human.