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unpleasantness [ʌnˈplɛzəntnɪs] n
1. the state or quality of being unpleasant 2. an unpleasant event, situation, etc. 3. a disagreement or quarrel ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
unpleasantness noun 1. hostility, animosity, antagonism, bad feeling, malice, rudeness, offensiveness, abrasiveness, argumentativeness, unfriendliness, quarrelsomeness, ill humour or will Most offices are riddled with sniping and general unpleasantness. hostility friendliness, pleasantness, good humour or will, congeniality 2. nastiness, awfulness, grimness, trouble, misery, woe, ugliness, unacceptability, dreadfulness, disagreeableness, horridness the unpleasantness of surgery and chemotherapy nastiness delight, acceptability, pleasantness, agreeableness Translations unpleasantness [ʌnˈplezntnɪs] N (gen) → lo desagradable; [of person] → lo antipático, lo desagradable; (= bad feeling, quarrel) → desavenencia f, disgusto m there has been a lot of unpleasantness → ha habido muchos disgustos or muchas desavenencias unpleasantness [ʌnˈplɛzəntnəs] n (= bad feeling) → tensions fpl (= unfriendliness) → attitude f désagréable unpleasantness n (= quality) → Unangenehmheit f; (of experience, situation also) → Unerfreulichkeit f; (of person, smile, remark) → Unfreundlichkeit f (= bad feeling, quarrel) → Unstimmigkeit f unpleasantness [ʌnˈplɛzntnɪs] n (bad feeling, quarrelling) → tensioni fpl; (nastiness, of smell, event) → sgradevolezza; (of person) → antipatia unpleasantness [ʌnˈplɛzntnɪs] n (bad feeling, quarrelling) → tensioni fpl; (nastiness, of smell, event) → sgradevolezza; (of person) → antipatia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I regret very much that you should have been put to unpleasantness at the Baron's hands; but, the fault (pardon me) is your own. But still you have interrupted me; one way or another, I repeat again: there would never have been any unpleasantness except for what happened in the garden. Moreover, I have heard that Gorshkov lost his post through some unpleasantness or other--through a legal suit or process of which I could not exactly tell you the nature. |
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