unpleasure
- noun
- /ʌnˈplɛʒər/
:
desagrado
- The pleasure attendant on a will-to-mastery becomes indissociable from the Freudian scandal of a masochistically pleasurable unpleasure.
Examples
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Eating that dish left her with a lingering sense of unpleasure due to its overly spicy flavor.
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After a long day at work, he felt a wave of unpleasure wash over him as he reflected on the challenges he faced.
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To derive satisfaction here is the same thing as to embrace the unpleasure of a feminizing violation.
Academic text (1995) -
"The first world we find outside is, in part, a repository of the terror inside us, an elsewhere for those desires and objects that bring unpleasure.
Academic text (1992) -
The tendency toward human passion and the pleasure-unpleasure principle are ubiquitous and constantly pulling at man's soul, and it requires hard work to overcome these forces of nature.
Academic text (1996) -
It is a pleasure that, far from being masterful, resides instead in the ego's desire to repeat a past but remembered unpleasure, in order simply but self-explosively to submit to it.
Academic text (1995) -
"Insofar as the objects which are presented to it are sources of pleasure," Freud writes in his 1915 "Instincts and their Vicissitudes," "the ego takes them into itself, 'introjects' them... and, on the other hand, it expels whatever within itself becomes a cause of unpleasure."
Academic text (1992) -
The loud noise from the construction site caused great unpleasure for the residents living nearby.
Synonyms
119
3.2
A feeling of physical pain or mental unease
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4.3
A thing that causes trouble or discomfort
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1.8
A feeling of sadness or not feeling satisfied with life
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4.4
A feeling of worry and not being relaxed
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6.3
A strong feeling of disgust at something very unpleasant
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4.2
A feeling of discomfort or dislike
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5.7
A strong feeling of being very annoyed and impatient
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6.0
Something that causes discomfort or annoyance, like dust and some cleaners
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3.6
A worried, uncomfortable feeling when you cannot relax
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6.0
A feeling of being uneasy or awkward
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7.0
A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away
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9.1
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
How bad something looks, sounds, or smells to you
A feeling of being worried and not calm
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A part of the mind that wants things now, avoids bad feelings, and treats fantasy like reality
How Unpleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unpleasure is formed from the negative prefix un- meaning 'not' and pleasure meaning 'enjoyment', like in unhappy. So unpleasure is a simple way to say something is 'not pleasurable', an unpleasant feeling or thing that causes discomfort or annoyance.