as in unpleasantness
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Noun
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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
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The lead single off the Italian synth-pop project Baltimora’s debut LP has stalked our social media feeds in recent years, giving it a much deserved spotlight in absurd infamy.—
SPIN Editors,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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The entire film takes place on that date in 1972, at the Munich Olympics, a day that ought to live in infamy.—
Lisa Rosen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Distastefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distastefulness. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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