Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being unpleasant.
- noun An unpleasant experience or situation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being unpleasant; disagree-ableness. A slight disagreement or falling out; a petty quarrel; an unimportant misunderstanding.
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- noun uncountable The property of being
unpleasant ordisagreeable . - noun countable An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of giving displeasure
- noun the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Etymologies
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Examples
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In face-to-face interactions, given a certain level of unpleasantness, I do think that, in general, people ought stand up for the person the unpleasantness is directed at.
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She had longed intensely to warn him – scenting certain unpleasantness to him, and possible danger, although she was loyally firm in the belief that he could not be the man for whom they were searching.
A Little Bush Maid 1910
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Anyway, he came down, without warning, which is one of the few bad habits that excellent Indian man has, and this habit has ended in unpleasantness more than once, as when we played Jungles.
The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901
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In another fifty years we may be able to remember the flag’s primary meaning once that recent unpleasantness is settled.
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'Gross-out comedy substitutes wit and gags for attention-grabbing references to unpleasantness, which is what a not particularly bright five-year-old does'Well, they surely can't be bad enough to cancel out the aggregate joy brought to the world by Eldon's comedy career.
King of comedy Kevin Eldon finally makes his Edinburgh solo debut 2010
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"That's substituting wit and gags for supposedly attention-grabbing references to unpleasantness, which is what a not particularly bright five-year-old does."
King of comedy Kevin Eldon finally makes his Edinburgh solo debut 2010
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Is it possible that her unpleasantness is a result of people having been ugly to her all her life?
The Volokh Conspiracy » I Am Apparently “So Desperate for [Ann Bartow’s] Attention,” 2009
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When faced with distasteful tasks, do them immediately, preferably first thing in the morning even if the unpleasantness is a low-priority activity, go ahead and get it out of the way if it can be completed quickly.
Happiness Is … Simple Steps to a Life of Joy A. R. Bernard 2006
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When faced with distasteful tasks, do them immediately, preferably first thing in the morning even if the unpleasantness is a low-priority activity, go ahead and get it out of the way if it can be completed quickly.
Happiness Is … Simple Steps to a Life of Joy A. R. Bernard 2006
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Reacting is entrapment, characterized by unpleasantness and a sense of stale inevitability.
The 28 Laws of Attraction Thomas J. Leonard 1998
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