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单词 unpleasantness
释义

unpleasantness

noun

un·​pleas·​ant·​ness ˌən-ˈple-zᵊnt-nəs How to pronounce unpleasantness (audio)
1
: the quality or state of being unpleasant
2
: an unpleasant situation, experience, or event

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Physical pain has two basic parts: the sensory component (the physical sensation) and the affective component (the perception of unpleasantness). Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022 Backpacking as a hobby self-selects for hearty souls—people willing to endure its rigor and general unpleasantness hardly lack motivation or self-sufficiency. Mathina Calliope, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2020 Running the self-clean cycle once every four months will minimize the unpleasantness of using the function. Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2022 Even people who adored Manolete always managed to tack on some gratuitous cheap shot about the unpleasantness of his face. New York Times, 3 May 2022 Desperate to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, the administration wants to avoid any unpleasantness with Tehran’s clerical regime. Jonathan Schanzer And Matthew Zweig, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022 If Thomas' Firestarter never really exploits the body-horror potential of a power that allows its wielder to literally boil the blood of their victims, the film does also have moments of genuine unpleasantness absent from the original. Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 May 2022 In the overwhelming majority of cases, the shots turn a positive diagnosis (breakthrough infection) into a few days of unpleasantness rather than a life-threatening event. Damon Linker, The Week, 13 Apr. 2022 You may also be assured that her family’s generous past behavior has nothing to do with this current unpleasantness. Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1

unpleasantness

noun

as in distastefulness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • distastefulness
  • obnoxiousness
  • repugnance
  • loathsomeness
  • repulsiveness
  • infamy
  • abusiveness
  • offensiveness
  • undesirability
  • unacceptability
  • perversity
  • atrocity
  • repellency
  • atrociousness
  • reprehensibility
  • kinkiness
  • perverseness
  • indelicacy
  • wickedness
  • scurrilousness
  • naughtiness
  • perversion
  • objectionableness
  • depravity
  • depravedness
  • suggestiveness
  • reprehensibleness
  • pervertedness
  • lowness
  • lechery
  • saltiness
  • broadness
  • exceptionability
  • gaminess
  • earthiness
  • raciness
  • immodesty
  • unbecomingness
  • indecorousness
  • indelicateness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • priggishness
  • primness
  • puritanism
  • prudery
  • prudishness
  • decorum
  • seemliness
  • correctness
  • decency
  • suitability
  • appropriateness
  • purity
  • suitableness
  • fitness
  • spotlessness
  • perfection
  • priggery
  • decorousness
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