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Meaning of disagreeable in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌdɪsəˈɡriəb(ə)l/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    disagreeable

    Definitions

    1. not agreeing with your tastes or expectations

    Examples

    • « found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it »
    • « a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him »

    Synonyms

    • uncongenial
    • incompatible
  2. Qualitative Adjective

    disagreeable

    Etymology

    late Middle English (in the sense ‘discordant, incongruous’): from Old French desagreable, based on agreer‘agree’

    Definitions

    1. not to your liking

    Examples

    • « a most disagreeable journey »
    • « a disagreeable old man »
    • « in a disagreeable mood »

    Synonyms

    • annoying
    • bothersome
    • galling
    • irritating
    • nettlesome
    • pesky
    • pestering
    • pestiferous
    • plaguy
    • plaguey
    • teasing
    • vexatious
    • vexing
    • harsh
    • abrasive
    • nerve-racking
    • nerve-wracking
    • stressful
    • trying
    • unsweet

    Antonyms

    • agreeable

Famous quotes

  • « The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. »
    John Keats
  • « When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. »
    Benjamin Spock
  • « Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. »
    Ambrose Bierce
  • « I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at. »
    Frank Moore Colby
  • « Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. »
    Aneurin Bevan

See also

  • ill-natured

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