What does unpleasantness mean?

Definitions for unpleasantness
ʌnˈplɛz ənt nɪsun·pleas·ant·ness

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unpleasantness.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unpleasantnessnoun

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

  2. unpleasantnessnoun

    the quality of giving displeasure

    "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"

Wiktionary

  1. unpleasantnessnoun

    The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.

  2. unpleasantnessnoun

    An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unpleasantnessnoun

    Want of qualities to give delight.

    As for unpleasantness of sound, if it doth happen the good of men’s souls doth deceive our ears, that we note it not, or arm them with patience to endure it. Richard Hooker.

    Many people cannot at all endure the air of London, not only for its unpleasantness, but for the suffocations which it causes. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

    All men are willing to skulk out of such company; the sober for the hazards, and the jovial for the unpleasantness of it. Government of the Tongue.

ChatGPT

  1. unpleasantness

    Unpleasantness is a quality or state that is displeasing, uncomfortable, annoying, or disagreeable, causing inconvenience or discomfort. It can pertain to an unfavorable sensation, feeling, atmosphere, or experience.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unpleasantness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unpleasantness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of unpleasantness in a Sentence

  1. Tony Brenton:

    For them, Assad, for all his disadvantages and for all his bloodiness and unpleasantness, is preferable to yet another country falling into Islamist hands.

  2. Thomas Sowell, Editorial on Wal-Mart, 10-Dec-2003:

    Trade-offs have been with us ever since the late unpleasantness in the Garden of Eden.

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