late unpleasantness

9.0

A recent time of trouble or bad events

noun

Literature

: la reciente desagradable situación

They finally talked about the late unpleasantness and agreed to move forward together.

Examples

After the late unpleasantness, the community came together.
The committee met to resolve issues left by the late unpleasantness last year.
Many families were affected by the late unpleasantness in the region.
The late unpleasantness has affected many families.
Many families felt the impact of the late unpleasantness that occurred in our town.
In the meeting, we addressed the issues arising from the late unpleasantness of the past year.
After discussing the late unpleasantness, the group was ready to focus on future solutions.

Synonyms

aftermath

vslate unpleasantness

165 4.8

The time after a bad event and its results

uses a recent, understated phrase instead of a plain direct term

Antonyms

pleasantness

2 3.4

A feeling that something is nice and enjoyable

Surface Forms

late unpleasantness singular

late unpleasantnesses plural

Morphology

late + unpleasantness

The phrase's meaning 'a recent period of unpleasant events' is directly composed from 'late' (recent) modifying 'unpleasantness' (state or events that are unpleasant), so the sense is predictable from the parts. Although it is sometimes used as a euphemism, the construction follows normal adjectival modification and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

The phrase late unpleasantness is a polite, mild way to talk about recent trouble. Here late means 'recent' and unpleasantness is a soft word for bad events, so people use the phrase to refer to a past period of trouble without saying the details.