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unpleasantness

[ uhn-plez-uhnt-nis ]

noun

  1. the quality or state of being unpleasant.
  2. something that is displeasing or offensive, as an experience, event, or situation:

    An unpleasantness made them ill-at-ease.

  3. an unpleasant feeling or sensation caused by disagreeable or painful stimuli.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unpleasantness1

First recorded in 1540–50; unpleasant + -ness

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Example Sentences

People who know him speak of a relaxed and charming man, remarkably free of arrogance or unpleasantness.

However, this unpleasantness has never prevented me from recognizing the merit of Murray's early scholarly work.

“You have to do what you feel is right,” he said of the recent unpleasantness.

“Yeah, I would say that there were bursts of unpleasantness,” he admits.

“These are people who avoid the whole unpleasantness by just creating a specific strategy for doing their taxes,” says Markman.

"To the best of my recollection, I have never suffered the unpleasantness of meeting you in my life," he said.

A struggle which might involve Eva in bitter unpleasantness and me in the loss of a fortune I had come to regard almost as my own.

And the good lady was no more inclined than her son to take trouble and expose herself to unpleasantness for any one else's sake.

"The late unpleasantness," said Finnegan, with an expelling wave of his hand.

It was with some difficulty, and not without unpleasantness, that we backed out of the engagement we had deliberately made.

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