undelight

English

From un- +‎ delight.

undelight (countable and uncountable, plural undelights)

(uncountable) The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
Synonyms: discontent, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow; see also Thesaurus:sadness
- 1907, Virgil, The Æneid (trans. E. Fairfax Taylor), J. M. Dent & Sons (1910):
  Loud rise the sounds of sorrow, day and night,
  
  Where friends, clasped close in lingering undelight,
  
  Weep at the thought of parting. Matrons, ay,
(countable) Something unpleasant or displeasing.
Synonyms: hardship, sorrow; see also Thesaurus:woe
- 1931, Esther Frayne Hayes, At Home in China, W. Neale, published 1931, page 82:
  Along with the jollity of the trip from Tsing Hua into Peking are many undelights.