distastefulness

noun

Definition of distastefulnessnext
as in unpleasantness

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  1. unpleasantness
  2. repugnance
  3. infamy
Noun
  • And that’s just the unpleasantness of chewing on leathery supermarket steaks, because accidentally tucking into raw chicken is more serious.
    Sal Vaglica, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Retrograde Mercury picks a fight with Uranus, ruler of weirdness, provoking an eruption of unexpected unpleasantness in your life, and then the Sun partners up with Mercury in a temporary flare of stubborn self-delusion.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of unpleasantness
Noun
  • In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.
    Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2024
  • The series gets darker and more grotesque as the season progresses, and our uncomfortable laughter eventually fades into a grimace of repugnance.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 July 2023
Definition of repugnance
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  • Listen to this article PARIS — After a day that will live in infamy to the people of Serbia, a handful of old friends talked deep into the night.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of infamy
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