Shows that simply point and laugh are not worthy of the genre: they are entertainment pure and simple, and a particularly unpleasant form at that.

It's particularly unpleasant to watch because he sycophantically tries to implicate the viewer in the joke.

Only 8 per cent felt the day was particularly unpleasant, with 65 per cent unwilling to say it was any better or worse than typical.

And then, last week, a nurse came back from her shift to find one particularly unpleasant neighbour had posted a note through her letterbox, castigating her for leaving the house.

A particularly unpleasant memory still haunts me.

The most unpleasant aspect of the man was his politics.

His most unpleasant aspect was his politics.

The rest of the film has no overriding plot but consists of a series of vignettes highlighting the unpleasant aspects of being public figures.

On the other hand, if we both eat raw onion, doesn't that rather cancel out the unpleasant effect?

Conversely, responses that produce a discomforting, annoying or unpleasant effect are less likely to occur again in the situation.

Many other antibiotic classes come with their own unpleasant effects.

Because they mimic natural body chemicals - typically, they bind to the same receptors as neurotransmitters or peptides - they can have extreme and unpleasant effects on the brain.

But the problem of what could be and often were the unpleasant effects of that personality, namely loss of perspective leading to loss of temper.

It was the best way to avoid unpleasant encounters with the hotel security staff.

After several unpleasant encounters, they fall deeply in love.

They have many unpleasant encounters and start to dislike each other.

They have unpleasant encounters at first, nevertheless they soon get along and become good friends.

In moderate winds, it generates a loud and unpleasant noise.

In her lab, she subjected mice to stress in the form of unpleasant noise.

These are used alone to provide a pleasant background noise and to mask unpleasant noise, a similar role to conventional background music.

Many viewers have found it an unpleasant shock.

An unpleasant shock can come to communities when they realise just how many homes are envisaged.

And there's another unpleasant shock in store on my return.

Couples who have run separate lives for more than 30 years can find spending a lot of time together an unpleasant shock.

Who knows what other unpleasant shocks lie in wait?

Fox squirrels are spared from these unpleasant symptoms and don’t show signs of illness, though researchers aren’t sure why.

Having to cope constantly with a horrible physical illness and its unpleasant symptoms, day after day with no respite, leads to despair.

This confuses the balance system in your inner ear and brain, resulting in unpleasant symptoms.

Even in mild cases, the flu virus can cause unpleasant symptoms like high fevers, muscle aches and fatigue.

It allows doctors to prescribe pain relief and sedation and to relieve unpleasant symptoms.

Not poisonous but inedible because of its unpleasant taste.

The memory, like the unpleasant taste, still lingers.

Certainly not unpleasant taste, odd looking.

Some residents complained of a bad odor and unpleasant taste from the water.

Lastly, ferns have an unpleasant taste due to the high content of tannins in their fronds.