Meanings
plural unpleasantnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe 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 - countableusuallyAn 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian неприя́тност
- неприя́тност (neprijátnost)The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Czech nepříjemnost
- nepříjemnostThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Dutch onaangenaamheid, zerpte
- onaangenaamheidThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- zerpteThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Esperanto malagrableco
- malagrablecoThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Finnish epämiellyttävyys
- epämiellyttävyysThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
German Unannehmlichkeit, Unangenehmheit
- UnannehmlichkeitThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- UnangenehmheitThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Hungarian kellemetlenség
- kellemetlenségThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Irish anaiteas, doilbhreas
- anaiteasThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- doilbhreasThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- doirbheasThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Italian spiacevolezza, disaccordo
- spiacevolezzaThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- disaccordoThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Latin iniūcunditās
- iniūcunditāsThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Māori mōkinokino
- mōkinokinoThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Polish nieprzyjemność, nieuprzejmość
- nieprzyjemnośćThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- nieuprzejmośćThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- niegrzecznośćThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Romanian neagreabilitate
- neagreabilitateThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Russian неприя́тность
- неприя́тность (neprijátnostʹ)The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Slovak nepríjemnosť
- nepríjemnosťThe property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Ukrainian неприє́мність
- неприє́мність (nepryjémnistʹ)The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unpleasantness
All rhymes →Cite this entry
unpleasantness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpleasantness
“unpleasantness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpleasantness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpleasantness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpleasantness.
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