unpleasantness
Etymology

From unpleasant + -ness.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/
Noun

unpleasantness (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
  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.
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