Unpleasant in Malayalam

Malayalam has no single general adjective for unpleasant in this list, and every option here is about taste or feeling. The nearest is കയ്പുള്ള (kaypulla), bitter or harsh in flavour, the taste of bitter gourd or medicine. For an unpleasant taste as a noun, കലിപ്പ് (kalippu) is used.

Most common translation

കയ്പുള്ള (kaypulla)

Bitter, having a sharp unpleasant taste like bitter gourd or medicine; harsh in flavour.

ഈ മരുന്ന് കയ്പുള്ളതാണ്.

ee marunnu kaypullathaanu.

This medicine is bitter.

All Malayalam words for “unpleasant”

kaypulla and kaippulla are two spellings of the same bitter adjective, kalippu names an unpleasant taste or asperity, and ettavum mosham is a superlative meaning the worst of all.

Common questions

How do you say unpleasant in Malayalam?

There is no all-purpose word here; കയ്പുള്ള (kaypulla) covers unpleasant in the sense of bitter or harsh.

Which word names an unpleasant taste?

കലിപ്പ് (kalippu) is the noun for an unpleasant or sharp taste.