n. The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
n. An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or quality of being unpleasant; disagree-ableness. A slight disagreement or falling out; a petty quarrel; an unimportant misunderstanding.
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n. the quality of giving displeasure
n. the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Word Usage
"In face-to-face interactions, given a certain level of unpleasantness, I do think that, in general, people ought stand up for the person the unpleasantness is directed at."