insuavityn.
/ɪnˈswavɪti/ rare.
Lack of suavity or sweetness; unpleasantness; surliness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > surliness
churlnessa1500
churlishness1528
carlishness1552
surliness1587
insuavity1624
gruffness1691
chuffiness1731
bearishness1740
beardom1840
gruffiness1865
1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. iv. i. 186 All feares,..discontents, imbonities, insuavities are swallowed vp..in this..Irish Sea, this Ocean of misery.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. H3v By reason of its ill odor and insuavity.
1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. v. ii. 123 It partly explained the insuavity with which the woman greeted him.
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