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Recent Examples of unpleasantness
This is why people use chasers after taking shots, to distract themselves from the unpleasantness of alcohol’s fire.
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
And that’s just the unpleasantness of chewing on leathery supermarket steaks, because accidentally tucking into raw chicken is more serious.
—Sal Vaglica, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
Retrograde Mercury picks a fight with Uranus, ruler of weirdness, provoking an eruption of unexpected unpleasantness in your life, and then the Sun partners up with Mercury in a temporary flare of stubborn self-delusion.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
The big picture: No entrepreneur enjoys fundraising, but there's a special unpleasantness for generative AI founders who need billions of dollars to train their models.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
And that’s just the unpleasantness of chewing on leathery supermarket steaks, because accidentally tucking into raw chicken is more serious.
—Sal Vaglica, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
Retrograde Mercury picks a fight with Uranus, ruler of weirdness, provoking an eruption of unexpected unpleasantness in your life, and then the Sun partners up with Mercury in a temporary flare of stubborn self-delusion.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
The big picture: No entrepreneur enjoys fundraising, but there's a special unpleasantness for generative AI founders who need billions of dollars to train their models.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpleasantness
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
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Along the way to franchise infamy, the Rockies have lost 52 games at home, a franchise record.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
9 Sep. 2025
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There is also a desire for infamy and to have their names and faces splashed across the internet and newspapers for a spurt of violence.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
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While some recent sales have been sluggish — Susan Gutfreund’s 12,000-square-foot duplex listed for $120 million in 2016 and finally sold for $53 million three years later, that seems more a symptom of delusional pricing than undesirability.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Aug. 2025
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With fabrics that provide 4-way stretch, wicking, UPF protection and water repellency, the fall collection showcases Wrangler’s continued evolution into high-performance, functional apparel designed for the demands of diverse environments.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
31 July 2025
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Muzio was lead author of a 2024 study published in the Journal of Avian Biology, based on his PhD research, that reviewed water repellency in bird feathers.—
Ian Rose,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 June 2025
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Graphic videos of both atrocities spread quickly and widely online this week, appearing in people's social media feeds, often with little-to-no warning.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Critics have also pointed to the fact that Japanese educational syllabi have long glossed over wartime atrocities like the Nanjing Massacre.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Unpleasantness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpleasantness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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