Definitions for unpleasantnessʌnˈplɛz ənt nɪs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•pleas•ant•nessʌnˈplɛz ənt nɪs(n.)

  1. the quality or state of being unpleasant.

  2. something that is displeasing.

Origin of unpleasantness:

1540–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unpleasantness(noun)

    the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

  2. unpleasantness(noun)

    the quality of giving displeasure

    "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"

Wiktionary

  1. unpleasantness(Noun)

    The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.

  2. unpleasantness(Noun)

    An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.


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