unpleasantry

[ uhn-plez-uhn-tree ]
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noun,plural un·pleas·ant·ries.
  1. an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.

Origin of unpleasantry

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

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