Definition of unpleasantness
1 : the quality or state of being unpleasant
2 : an unpleasant situation, experience, or event
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There’s a price to pay for the happiness that comes with delighting in the unpleasantness of others.
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Most researchers thought that phenomenon accounted for the unpleasantness of a dissonance.
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First Known Use of unpleasantness
1546
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