unpleasantryn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈplɛzntri/, U.S. /ˌənˈplɛz(ə)ntri/ 1.
a. Something unpleasant; an unpleasant situation, experience, etc. Cf. unpleasantness n. 1b.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness
loathnessc1175
offencec1425
noisomeness1506
unlusta1529
unpleasantness1546
displeasantness1547
discomfortableness1585
unlovelinessa1586
illnessc1595
unwelcome1603
unpleasingness1611
offensiveness1618
injucundity1623
disagreeableness1648
displeasingnessa1652
undelightfulness1653
distastefulness1654
beeishness1674
undesirableness1675
uncomfortableness1677
ungratefulnessa1680
unwelcomeness1682
nastiness1718
unkedness1727
disagreeability1788
unpleasantry1799
unpleasantry1810
grit1876
1799 H. Pigott Emily Dundorne III. xxvi. 85 Sarah, it is in your power to render me happy, in spite of intervening unpleasantries.
1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. xvi. 225 Had he allowed himself to be depressed by every unpleasantry, he would have experienced a sad time of it.
1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 520 Without any ‘unpleasantries’ occurring.
1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. i. 16 A very low barometer, which suggested unpleasantries.
2000 T. Bowling Downriver Drift vi. 64 Her love was such that she would spare him every unpleasantry if she could in any way carry the extra burden herself.
b. spec. An unpleasant or impolite comment. Cf. pleasantry n. 3.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > instance of > an uncomplimentary speech or remark
brickbat1642
brick-brack1649
displiment1868
unpleasantry1916
1916 Harper's Mag. Mar. 630/2 Turning on his heel with a muttered unpleasantry.
1918 R. Pertwee Our Wonderful Selves (1919) ii. 81 The sight of so much wealth staggered Master Lipchitty, who with a mumbled unpleasantry started to move away.
1975 L. Garfield Prisoners of Sept. ii. 16 He saw his father exchanging what were no doubt unpleasantries with Lady Bullock.
2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try xiii. 149 The phone chirped and J.W. exchanged brief unpleasantries with the female caller.
2. The quality or state of being unpleasant; unpleasantness; (sometimes) spec. bad feeling, quarrelling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness
loathnessc1175
offencec1425
noisomeness1506
unlusta1529
unpleasantness1546
displeasantness1547
discomfortableness1585
unlovelinessa1586
illnessc1595
unwelcome1603
unpleasingness1611
offensiveness1618
injucundity1623
disagreeableness1648
displeasingnessa1652
undelightfulness1653
distastefulness1654
beeishness1674
undesirableness1675
uncomfortableness1677
ungratefulnessa1680
unwelcomeness1682
nastiness1718
unkedness1727
disagreeability1788
unpleasantry1799
unpleasantry1810
grit1876
1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock I. i. 238 This unpleasantry may be infallibly prevented, or some relief obtained where the stomach is overcharged, by smoking tobacco.
1830 ‘J. Bee’ Wks. S. Foote IV. p. xli It would have been well..if this were all the unpleasantry to which he subjected himself.
1922 Plumbers' Trade Jrnl. 15 July 88/1 But in practice this means a little unpleasantry and great possibility of losing the customer.
2014 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 4 Jan. (7 Days) 1 Could the pain and agony she's likely to give him be worse than a day's unpleasantry at the hospital?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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