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Unpleasantness
//ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable. uncountable, usually
"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 the quality of giving displeasure wordnet
- 3 An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc. countable, usually
"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."
- 4 the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling wordnet
Etymology
From unpleasant + -ness.
See also for "unpleasantness"
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