unpleasantness

English

Etymology

From unpleasant +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/

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Noun

unpleasantness (usually uncountable, plural unpleasantnesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
   • 2023 July 4, Marina Hyde, “Who’s for political Bazball with Rishi? Voters? Tories? Anyone?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Given the behaviour of the members, who do normally come to Lord’s, this seemed a bizarre attempt to offload the unpleasantness on hoi polloi taking advantage of some rare £25 tickets.

2. (countable) An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 322:

     Perhaps you are not so much aware as I am, of the mischief that may, of the unpleasantnesses that must, arise from a young man’s being received in this manner—domesticated among us—authorized to come at all hours—and placed suddenly on a footing which must do away all restraints.

Antonyms

• pleasantness

Derived terms

• late unpleasantness

Translations

The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable

• Belarusian: няпрые́мнасць f (njapryjémnascʹ), няпрые́мнасьць f (njapryjémnasʹcʹ) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: неприя́тност (bg) f (neprijátnost)
• Czech: nepříjemnost (cs) f
• Dutch: onaangenaamheid (nl) f, zerpte f
• Esperanto: malagrableco
• Finnish: epämiellyttävyys (fi)
• Georgian: უსიამოვნობა (usiamovnoba)
• German: Unannehmlichkeit (de) f, Unangenehmheit f
• Hungarian: kellemetlenség (hu)
• Ingrian: inhotos
• Irish: anaiteas m, doilbhreas m, doirbheas m
• Italian: spiacevolezza, disaccordo (it)
• Latin: iniūcunditās f
• Māori: mōkinokino
• Polish: nieprzyjemność (pl) f
• Romanian: neagreabilitate f
• Russian: неприя́тность (ru) f (neprijátnostʹ)
• Slovak: nepríjemnosť f
• Ukrainian: неприє́мність f (nepryjémnistʹ)