How to state unpleasantness in written form? let becomes make
让 (to make) implies "to force/ to order". If something has to be forced upon you, that something is most likely unpleasant to you

you can use:


强迫/ 迫: "to force" . e.g. 我父母迫我吃苹果 (my parent force me to eat apple/ my parent make me eat apple)
硬是要/ 硬要: "to force" . e.g. 我父母硬是要我吃苹果 (my parent force me to eat apple)



  我父母硬是要[让]我吃苹果 (my parent stubbornly/ forcefully [make] me eat apple)
  
  我父母硬是要[让]我吃苹果 would not be misinterpreted as "my parent stubbornly/ forcefully [let] me eat apple)


Side note: "係都要" is the Cantonese equivalent of "硬是要". e.g. "我父母係都要我食苹果"