as in unpleasantness
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Noun
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Happy to temporarily rid his mind of that unpleasantness, Nick springs into action.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025 -
In the former camp, one explanation is that rewards obtained from difficult tasks seem extra sweet because of the sharp contrast between the unpleasantness of working hard and the joy of achievement.—
Alex Hutchinson,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.—
Salam Fayyad,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2024
Noun
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Bernstein demanded that Vienna, and Europe in general, acknowledge what both America and Mahler meant to the 20th century—the century that the Europeans had played such a dreadful part in and that the Americans had helped liberate from infamy.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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The ovations for Bernstein went on forever in part because Vienna was celebrating its release from infamy.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Obnoxiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnoxiousness. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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