unpleasantness
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4.2
- noun
- /ʌnˈplɛzəntnəs/
- Let us not dwell on that unpleasantness.
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Watch on YouTubeAll 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
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3.2
A feeling of physical pain or mental unease
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3.9
A feeling of being annoyed or not happy about something
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6.0
A very unpleasant quality that makes people feel bad
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6.3
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
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6.0
A feeling of being uneasy or awkward
1
6.6
A state when something is very bad and frightening
1
6.5
How gross or unpleasant something is
1
7.0
A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away
1
5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
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9.1
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
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9.3
A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive
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7.7
A very strong feeling of fear when something is shocking or awful
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7.7
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
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6.1
Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike
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9.0
A quality of being very unpleasant and causing strong dislike
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8.1
A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you
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9.9
A feeling of being unhappy or annoyed
How bad something looks, sounds, or smells to you
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.