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PLEASANTRY Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word pleasantry. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For PLEASANTRY

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animosity
nounn
noun

• a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

discourtesy
nounn
noun

• an expression of lack of respect

• a manner that is rude and insulting

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

graveness
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a manner that is serious and solemn

harshness
nounn
noun

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• excessive sternness

hostility
nounn
noun

• a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the feeling of a hostile person

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

rudeness
nounn
noun

• a manner that is rude and insulting

• a wild or unrefined state

seriousness
nounn
noun

• an earnest and sincere feeling

• the quality of arousing fear or distress

• the trait of being serious

severity
nounn
noun

• used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

• something hard to endure

• extreme plainness

• excessive sternness

unfriendliness
nounn
noun

• dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness

• an unfriendly disposition

unpleasantness
nounn
noun

• the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

• the quality of giving displeasure

Alternatives for ANIMOSITY

Alternatives for DISCOURTESY

Alternatives for GRAVENESS

Alternatives for HARSHNESS

Alternatives for HOSTILITY

Alternatives for RUDENESS

Alternatives for SERIOUSNESS

Alternatives for SEVERITY

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