unpleasantry

[uhn-plez-uh n-tree]

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noun, plural un·pleas·ant·ries.

an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.

Origin of unpleasantry

First recorded in 1820–30; un-¹ + pleasantry

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Related Words for unpleasantries

shame, disgrace, affront, slight, blasphemy, taunt, indignity, invective, slap, disrespect, put-down, slander, abuse, snub, libel, outrage, scorn, contempt, obloquy, scurrility