unpleasantness
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4.2
- noun
- /ʌnˈplɛzəntnəs/
:
desagrado
- Let us not dwell on that unpleasantness.
All of these involve unpleasantness and suffering.
- All of these involve unpleasantness and suffering.
- I mean, you know, there was a lot of unpleasantness, but taken as a whole, it was very gratifying.
- Just like real human love, which takes work and effort and time and involves unpleasantness as well as the highest degrees of pleasantness.
- It is the only means by which we may shut out of our minds the deadly effects of past experiences of suffering and unpleasantness.
- It's just like, First off, the unpleasantness of it.
- But we just spend our entire existence trying to address our unpleasantness.
- It's our contraction around it or aversion to, to, you know, some disorder or some unpleasantness.
- And then as I say, the whole rest of it, the whole career is kind of like forging ahead despite all of the unpleasantnesses I encountered.
Examples
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It's just a way of heading off any unpleasantness.
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Now, there was some unpleasantness out here tonight.
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We will deal with this unpleasantness later.
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Now is not the time for unpleasantness.
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I trust that there will be no further unpleasantness.
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Now we can avoid that unpleasantness if you cooperate.
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None of this unpleasantness would be tolerated.
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It's Christmas and I don't want any unpleasantness here today.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now you're welcome to join us, but if you do, I don't want any unpleasantness.
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The meeting was filled with unpleasantness as everyone argued over the new policy.
Synonyms
119
3.2
A feeling of physical pain or mental unease
28
3.9
A feeling of being annoyed or not happy about something
7
6.0
A very unpleasant quality that makes people feel bad
2
6.3
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
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6.6
A state when something is very bad and frightening
1
6.0
A feeling of being uneasy or awkward
1
6.5
How gross or unpleasant something is
1
5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
1
9.3
A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive
1
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
A feeling of being unhappy or annoyed
A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you
How bad something looks, sounds, or smells to you
Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike
A quality of being very unpleasant and causing strong dislike
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
A very strong feeling of fear when something is shocking or awful
Antonyms
Compounds
How Unpleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
unpleasantness = unpleasant (transparent) = un + pleasant + ness
Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'unpleasant', which itself is transparently 'un-' + 'pleasant'.
Etymology
Unpleasantness is made from un- 'not', pleasant 'nice or enjoyable', and -ness 'a state'. So, unpleasantness literally means the 'state of not being pleasant', which is why it describes feeling uncomfortable, unhappy, or displeased.