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unpleasantness

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·pleas·ant·ness /ʌnˈplezəntnəs/ noun [uncountable] especially British English  ARGUEtrouble or arguments between people 〔人际〕不愉快的事,摩擦,争执
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unpleasantnessThe extreme unpleasantness of the mammogram is systematically and deliberately underplayed by the proponents of mass screening.Money itself is commonly blamed for unpleasantness in human character, attitudes and behaviour.It is true that there were bankers but their reputation for unpleasantness encouraged the popes to turn elsewhere for loans.She hated unpleasantness, though she wouldn't back down from a fight.The promise of the former must somehow compensate for the unpleasantness of the latter.The unpleasantness had somehow consumed a second on the scoreboard clock, which now read: 01.Bennett had been doorman at the Garrick Club for twenty-three years and had developed a way with unpleasantness.
un·pleas·ant·ness nounChineseSyllable
trouble Corpus arguments people or between


unpleasantness
unpleasantness /ʌnˈplezəntnəs, ʌnˈplezəntnɪs/ noun [uncountable] especially British English
trouble or arguments between people


un·pleas·ant·nessBrE /ʌnˈplezntnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈplezntnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] bad feeling or arguments between people 不和;反目;争执