Meaning of disagreeable in English
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Classifying Adjective
disagreeableDefinitions
1. not agreeing with your tastes or expectationsExamples
- « found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it »
- « a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
disagreeableEtymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘discordant, incongruous’): from Old French desagreable, based on agreer‘agree’Definitions
1. not to your likingExamples
- « 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
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