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late unpleasantness

late unpleasantness noun: a recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War.

Noun

late unpleasantness (plural late unpleasantnesses)

  1. (euphemistic) A recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War.
    • It is unlikely that anyone with significant knowledge of the Army or the late unpleasantness in Southeast Asia, upon reading these two sentences, would respond other than with a scatological barnyard expletive or some more genteel utterance representing the same level of acceptance.2003, Zane E. Finkelstein (referring to the Vietnam War), (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 28 Aug 2005

Forms of late unpleasantness

plurallate unpleasantnesses

Questions about late unpleasantness

What does late unpleasantness mean?
Late unpleasantness means a recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War.
What part of speech is late unpleasantness?
Late unpleasantness is a noun.
What is the plural of late unpleasantness?
The plural of late unpleasantness is late unpleasantnesses.

Words near late unpleasantness in the dictionary

  1. late talker
  2. late talkers
  3. late to the ball
  4. late to the game
  5. late to the party
  6. late unpleasantness
  7. late unpleasantnesses
  8. late-blooming
  9. late-bound
  10. late-breaking
  11. late-capitalist

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