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[ uhn-plez-uhnt-nis ] / ʌnˈplɛz ənt nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unpleasantness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality or state of being unpleasant. something that is displeasing or offensive, as an experience, event, or situation: An unpleasantness made them ill-at-ease. an unpleasant feeling or sensation caused by disagreeable or painful stimuli. Origin of unpleasantnessFirst recorded in 1540–50; unpleasant + -ness Words nearby unpleasantnessunplaced, unplait, unplanned, unplayable, unpleasant, unpleasantness, unpleasantry, unpledged delegate, unplug, unplugged, unplumbed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unpleasantnessPeople who know him speak of a relaxed and charming man, remarkably free of arrogance or unpleasantness. Princess Charlene's Monaco Nightmare|Tom Sykes|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST However, this unpleasantness has never prevented me from recognizing the merit of Murray's early scholarly work. Is the White Working Class Coming Apart?|David Frum|February 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST “Yeah, I would say that there were bursts of unpleasantness,” he admits. 'Killer Producer' Chris Licht's New Life|Lloyd Grove|May 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST But I thought being a writer I shouldn't flinch from the unpleasantness of it and, yes, I wrote that essay. My Conversation with John Updike|Barbara Probst Solomon|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He predicts the economy will have “18 months of unpleasantness, but not so many shocks.” Are We There Yet?|Ross Goldberg|October 10, 2008|DAILY BEAST It happens, however, that I have come to assist in prolonging your memory with regard to that unpleasantness. The Master of the Shell|Talbot Baines Reed But it was nice to see that any unpleasantness he had endured in his native land had not impaired his ardent patriotism. The Moon and Sixpence|W. Somerset Maugham Taking the side of honesty or fraud, unpleasantness may come. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2)|George Jacob Holyoake They dine, but they don't think of the dinner or the unpleasantness of the diners, and the grotesqueness of feeding in common. The Daughter of the Storage|William Dean Howells All the unpleasantness he and she had gone through over Tryst and that Gaunt girl must not go for nothing! The Freelands|John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for unpleasantness
nounthe state or quality of being unpleasant an unpleasant event, situation, etc a disagreement or quarrel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unpleasantnessnastiness, animosity, antagonism, ugliness, disharmony, foulness, distastefulness, painfulness, hostility, unkindness, disturbance, bother, argument, trouble, dispute, conflict, quarrel, horribleness |