The recent unpleasantness of the weather. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
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. From Wordnik.com. [IRs, relatives and in-laws « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
Is it possible that her unpleasantness is a result of people having been ugly to her all her life?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » I Am Apparently “So Desperate for [Ann Bartow’s] Attention,”] Reference
In another fifty years we may be able to remember the flag’s primary meaning once that recent unpleasantness is settled. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Kicking a man while he’s down.] Reference
It was an unavoidable unpleasantness which is now over. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
The review notes the contrast with the recent "unpleasantness". From Wordnik.com. [FallNet - Everything else just tastes beany! Where's the mouse?] Reference
It will take over your life—and who wants to spend years on that kind of unpleasantness?. From Wordnik.com. [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Surviving Someone Else’s Jealousy] Reference
Aim, he thought, at making everybody happy, and if that's within reach, why stir up any kind of unpleasantness?. From Wordnik.com. [A Morbid Taste For Bones]
I do hope that Melanie's censors haven't dispatched the heavies to come round and dish out some "unpleasantness". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It was a mossy, powdery green that reeked of a particular kind of unpleasantness that he both craved for and was repulsed by. From Wordnik.com. [Man, Ending] Reference
O'Donoghue of Red River 'unpleasantness' fame, was, during the afternoon, taken prisoner by halfbreeds and sent to Fort Pembina. From Wordnik.com. [The Fenian Invasion of 1871] Reference
But, as you might expect, some in Wilmington just don't want to look back at what they call the "unpleasantness" that took place in 1898. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
The doctor stood by the sarcophagus and looked down with frank curiosity, professionally unmoved by what he had named the "unpleasantness". From Wordnik.com. [4.50 From Paddington]
This was the beginning of the "unpleasantness" between President. From Wordnik.com. [Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis] Reference
The late "unpleasantness" between the Palladium and the Item has subsided. From Wordnik.com. [pal-item.com - Local News] Reference
To avoid any kind of unpleasantness all you have to do is keep an eye on your dog. From Wordnik.com. [Paradise Post Most Viewed] Reference
There's also a great deal of what you might call "unpleasantness" in this business. From Wordnik.com. [Right Wing News] Reference
Then boogie on down to Havana, where half the cars pre-date the 1961 "unpleasantness". From Wordnik.com. [The Car Connection] Reference
Yes, of course in the production I site the "unpleasantness" comes from the productions. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Italy and the King's forces, the "unpleasantness" resulting unprofitably to the Italians. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century] Reference
In fact, both the intensity of their pain and pain "unpleasantness" went up by 15\% and 21\%, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
I think partly because I'd observed in my parents 'life a kind of unpleasantness that can come at the top of society. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"There has been a raft of decisions and unpredictability, a kind of unpleasantness about what's happening here," Mr. Clark said. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
'unpleasantness' on the old, the eternal subject -- money. From Wordnik.com. [The Whirlpool] Reference
"unpleasantness" occurs, no season when that mysterious distemper known as. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841] Reference
The fatherland is proud of how you managed to ignore that "unpleasantness" between 1939 and 1945!. From Wordnik.com. [TEXAS FAITH: What's the role of religion in public education? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
The unpleasantness in 1992 was quite contemporary. From Wordnik.com. [ELECTION, NOT CANONIZATION] Reference
And that was before all the recent unpleasantness. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Illegitimacy] Reference
In fact, he said, the recent New Hampshire unpleasantness had had a purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Back From The Brink] Reference
No one alluded to possible unpleasantness, especially the junior senator from New York. From Wordnik.com. [A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE DIVIDED] Reference
Each time, turning towards the reactive unpleasantness as one would meet a grumpy old friend. From Wordnik.com. [Marguerite Manteau-Rao: Making the Best of Life's Big and Small Irritants] Reference
Add onto all of that heat into the mid to high 90's and the unpleasantness is manifest to all. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Journey: Michael Mundell] Reference
And that unpleasantness is part of the problem here: People don't stay in jobs they don't like. From Wordnik.com. [The problem with Larry Summers] Reference
Devinsky is continually balancing the unpleasantness of a seizure against the misery of throwing up. From Wordnik.com. [In the Grip of the Unknown] Reference
But during the recent unpleasantness, indebtedness merely leveled off-and now it's charging up again. From Wordnik.com. [RAISING HELL IN DEBTVILLE] Reference
So, if you have a job and can keep it until the current unpleasantness passes, you (and your retirement plans) may be OK. From Wordnik.com. [Retirement benefits survive ... for now] Reference
Except for those who insist that films should only be escapist froth, most of us go to the movies expecting a degree of unpleasantness. From Wordnik.com. [How Far Is Too Far?] Reference
The problem with the "de-escalation" theory is that it assumes that politicians actually want to put all of that unpleasantness behind us. From Wordnik.com. [Between The Lines Online: Back To The Battlefield] Reference
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