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Recent Examples of unpleasantness
Happy to temporarily rid his mind of that unpleasantness, Nick springs into action.
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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
This is why people use chasers after taking shots, to distract themselves from the unpleasantness of alcohol’s fire.
—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
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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
This is why people use chasers after taking shots, to distract themselves from the unpleasantness of alcohol’s fire.
—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
See All Example Sentences for unpleasantness
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
Noun
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Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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His loudness and obnoxiousness are personal liabilities that can become functional assets for the rest of the cast.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Still, this most recent slump was inching this team closer to the annals of franchise infamy.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Villainy, at the elite level, will not content itself with offensiveness alone; the all-timers, the boundary-pushers, bring fresh nuance to their antics.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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It has been tested for durability, strength, stability and water repellency.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Dec. 2025
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Even so, the lightweight layer is made of durable nylon with PFC-free water repellency.—
Rachel Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Our research examined how social media functions not simply as a space for outrage but also as a tool for truth-telling, collective memory and potentially atrocity prevention.—
Arnaud Kurze,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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This is just a small, partial list of atrocities against Americans since the Islamic Revolution in Iran.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Unpleasantness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpleasantness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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