unpleasantness

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unpleasantness

  • /ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/

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noun unpleasantnesses

  1. uncountable, usually The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable. Given the behaviour of the members, who do normally come to Lord’s, this seemed a bizarre attempt to offload the unpleasantness on hoi polloi taking advantage of some rare £25 tickets.
  2. countable, usually An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc. Perhaps you are not so much aware as I am, of the mischief that may, of the unpleasantnesses that must, arise from a young man’s being received in this manner—domesticated among us—authorized to come at all hours—and placed suddenly on a footing which must do away all restraints.

Opposite: pleasantness

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Opposite: pleasantness

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noun The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable

DeutschUnannehmlichkeit, Unangenehmheit
Italianospiacevolezza, disaccordo
Românăneagreabilitate
Русскийнеприя́тность neprijátnostʹ

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@misc{unpleasantness_2026,
  title = {unpleasantness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unpleasantness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}