disagreeable

[ dis-uh-gree-uh-buhl ]

/ ˌdɪs əˈgri ə bəl /

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adjective

contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.

unpleasant in manner or nature; unamiable: a thoroughly disagreeable person.

noun

an unpleasant or repugnant circumstance, attribute, thing, etc.: Bent on being cheerful, he suppressed any mention of the disagreeable in our conversation.

disagreeables, the disagreeable aspects of a situation, course of action, etc.: The pleasant features of the arrangement far outweigh the disagreeables.

Words nearby disagreeable

disaffirm, disafforest, disaggregate, disaggregation, disagree, disagreeable, disagreement, disallow, disambiguate, disannul, disappear

Origin of disagreeable

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

SYNONYMS FOR disagreeable

2 cross, grouchy, surly, testy.

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OTHER WORDS FROM disagreeable

dis·a·gree·a·ble·ness, dis·a·gree·a·bil·i·ty, noundis·a·gree·a·bly, adverbun·dis·a·gree·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for disagreeable

Her disagreeable nature made it nearly impossible for her to hold down a job.
Oswald’s Mother Was a Thoroughly Disagreeable Piece of Work|Steve North|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was a disagreeable business and the only occasion I can remember that we quarreled.
Alan Turing’s Brother: He Should Be Alive Today|John Ferrier Turing|June 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
America needs a green eyeshade party willing to do the disagreeable work of squeezing waste from the system.
After The GOP Fails to Repeal Obamacare|David Frum|February 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
McPherson is famously abrasive and is universally regarded as one of the most disagreeable executives in Hollywood.
Showdown at ABC|Peter Lauria|April 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Nothing much new here except for the uneasy feeling that my personal life is likely to get some disagreeable publicity soon.
Norman Mailer vs. Everyone|Norman Mailer|February 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A bog or swamp is a most disagreeable place in which to be caught, and calls for calmness to get out without a wetting or fall.
How Women Should Ride|C. De Hurst
The doing so will be disagreeable, but it will not be antipathetic to the nature of an Englishman.
North America, Volume II (of 2)|Anthony Trollope
Lydia, relieved of a disagreeable suspicion that her usually faultless footman must be drunk, thanked him and went up-stairs.
Cashel Byron's Profession|George Bernard Shaw
Or it might possibly be Lotta Luxa, who, next to her aunt, was of all women the most disagreeable to Nina.
Nina Balatka|Anthony Trollope
It has been aptly remarked that the public is ever more ready to believe pleasing fictions, than disagreeable verities.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery|Robert Means Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for disagreeable

disagreeable

/ (ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl) /

adjective

not likable, esp bad-tempered, offensive, or disobligingdisagreeable remarks

not to one's liking; unpleasanta disagreeable task

Derived forms of disagreeable

disagreeableness or disagreeability, noundisagreeably, adverb

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disagreeable

adjective

noun

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Origin of disagreeable

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British Dictionary definitions for disagreeable

adjective

Derived forms of disagreeable