disagreeabilityn.
/ˌdɪsəˌɡriːəˈbɪlɪti/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˌɡriəˈbɪlədi/ The quality or condition of being unpleasant or disagreeable; unpleasantness. Formerly also: †an unpleasant act or experience (obsolete).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness
loathnessc1175
offencec1425
noisomeness1506
unlusta1529
unpleasantness1546
displeasantness1547
discomfortableness1585
unlovelinessa1586
illnessc1595
unwelcome1603
unpleasingness1611
offensiveness1618
injucundity1623
disagreeableness1648
displeasingnessa1652
undelightfulness1653
distastefulness1654
beeishness1674
undesirableness1675
uncomfortableness1677
ungratefulnessa1680
unwelcomeness1682
nastiness1718
unkedness1727
disagreeability1788
unpleasantry1799
unpleasantry1810
grit1876
1788 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) IV. 188 Its comfortless circumstances,..its solitude and its uselessness,..formed its disagreeability.
1790 F. Burney Diary Oct. V. 163 Difficulties and disagreeabilities in carrying on a week's intercourse.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 248 He will be exposed to many ‘disagreeabilities’ from the police.
1889 Mrs. Randolph New Eve II. ix. 62 Ill-health meant ill-temper, discomfort, disagreeability of all sorts.
1934 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 9 June 6/7 No longer will the golfer be put to the disagreeability of playing in huge clouds of sand and dust whipped across the course.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Aug. c2 August will close in a blaze of late summer disagreeability, with sultry, sticky days.
2014 B. Boisseron Creole Renegades iv. 143 Is not distance precisely the epitome of inconvenience and therefore disagreeability?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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