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unpleasantness
[ uhn-plez-uhnt-nis ]
noun
- the quality or state of being unpleasant.
- something that is displeasing or offensive, as an experience, event, or situation:
An unpleasantness made them ill-at-ease.
- an unpleasant feeling or sensation caused by disagreeable or painful stimuli.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unpleasantness1
Example Sentences
That the unpleasantness turns out to be time well spent is a credit to Leigh’s curiosity about miserable jerks and the joy-sucking traps they set for themselves and others.
And that personality, rather than changing from an "old" to a "new" Carter, had to be examined as a set of layers of faith, of action, even of unpleasantnesses.
Those who fall ill can still suffer from the unpleasantness of being acutely sick for weeks.
I’d been impatient with everyone I encountered on the way to the subway, adding some measure of unpleasantness to their mornings.
Researchers used fMRI scans to examine brain responses in men and women who had rated the intensity and unpleasantness of pain during exposure to increasing levels of heat.
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