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disagreeable

[ dis-uh-gree-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
  2. unpleasant in manner or nature; unamiable:

    a thoroughly disagreeable person.

    Synonyms: testy, surly, grouchy, cross



noun

  1. an unpleasant or repugnant circumstance, attribute, thing, etc.:

    Bent on being cheerful, he suppressed any mention of the disagreeable in our conversation.

  2. disagreeables, the disagreeable aspects of a situation, course of action, etc.:

    The pleasant features of the arrangement far outweigh the disagreeables.

disagreeable

/ ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl /

adjective

  1. not likable, esp bad-tempered, offensive, or disobliging

    disagreeable remarks

  2. not to one's liking; unpleasant

    a disagreeable task

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌdisaˈgreeableness, noun
  • ˌdisaˈgreeably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • disa·greea·ble·ness disa·greea·bili·ty noun
  • disa·greea·bly adverb
  • undis·a·greea·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disagreeable1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Middle French word desagreable. See dis- 1, agreeable
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Example Sentences

Interestingly, the biggest cluster of disagreeable came from voters under the age of 50, suggesting the parties may have to eventually calibrate their rhetoric.

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When he inspected the man’s mouth, he noticed that his gums were “spongy” and “bleeding,” his back teeth were loose and his breath was “extremely disagreeable.”

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They believed “debate should be civil and dignified … it was possible to disagree without being disagreeable.”

Her disagreeable nature made it nearly impossible for her to hold down a job.

They modified and truncated a quote to come to avoid disagreeable facts, a charge which they also fail to answer.

It was a disagreeable business and the only occasion I can remember that we quarreled.

America needs a green eyeshade party willing to do the disagreeable work of squeezing waste from the system.

There were other children beside, and two nurse-maids followed, looking disagreeable and resigned.

He was very disagreeable about the house when he returned home, and his wife adroitly kept out of his sight.

Their boasted successes, the crowding of colonies, schemes of settlement and development,—all were disagreeable and irritating.

There's no use anticipating things disagreeable or otherwise; we'll simply have to take them as they come.

One of the most disagreeable things in Rio Janeiro is the total absence of sewers.

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