unpleasantness

Noun

unpleasantness (usually uncountable, plural unpleasantnesses)

1. (usually) The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
   • Given the behaviour of the members, who do normally come to Lord’s, this seemed a bizarre attempt to offload the unpleasantness on hoi polloi taking advantage of some rare £25 tickets.2023 July 4, Marina Hyde, “Who’s for political Bazball with Rishi? Voters? Tories? Anyone?”, in The Guardian
2. (countable, usually) An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
   • Perhaps you are not so much aware as I am, of the mischief that may, of the unpleasantnesses that must, arise from a young man’s being received in this manner—domesticated among us—authorized to come at all hours—and placed suddenly on a footing which must do away all restraints.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 322