unwelcomenessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɛlkəmnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɛlkəmnəs/ (un- prefix1 6.)
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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
1682 R. Boyle Let. in Wks. (1772) VI. 43 But, together with that unwelcome news, you send me what does much alleviate the unwelcomness of it.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. vii. 116 Her words..had the unwelcomeness which all unfavourable fortune-telling has.
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n.1682- to walk on formerly in stilts
- to walk on one's uppers
- to walk on stilts
- to walk on the wild side
- to walk on thorns
- to walk on thorns a thorn
- to walk on water
- to walk one's chalks
- to walk one's round
- to walk one's rounds
- to walk out
- to walk out a sermon
- to walk out of the shop
- to walk over
- to walk over a person
- to walk over an opponent
- to walk over the course
- to walk point
- to walk round
- token up
- token value
- token vote
- token-bell
- token-girdle
- token-money