unpleasantness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/
Etymology
Etymology tree English unpleasant Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unpleasantness From unpleasant + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
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.
2023 July 4, Marina Hyde, “Who’s for political Bazball with Rishi? Voters? Tories? Anyone?”, in The Guardian:
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(countable, usually) An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
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.
1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 322:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unpleasantnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (27)
pl niegrzeczność (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · be няпрые́мнасць (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · nl onaangenaamheid (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · be няпрые́мнасьць (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · sk nepríjemnosť (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · ga anaiteas (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · izh inhotos (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · it disaccordo (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · pl nieprzyjemność (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · ga doirbheas (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · cs nepříjemnost (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · pl nieuprzejmość (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · fi epämiellyttävyys (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · ga doilbhreas (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · bg неприя́тност (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · nl zerpte (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · de Unannehmlichkeit (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · mi mōkinokino (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · de Unangenehmheit (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · eo malagrableco (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · ro neagreabilitate (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · it spiacevolezza (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · uk неприє́мність (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · la iniūcunditās (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · hu kellemetlenség (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · ru неприя́тность (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable) · ka უსიამოვნობა (The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable)