unpleasantness
Etymology
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Etymology
From unpleasant + -ness.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/
unpleasantness (uncountable)
- (uncountable) The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
- (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.
- German: Unannehmlichkeit, Unangenehmheit
- Italian: spiacevolezza, disaccordo
- Russian: неприя́тность
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