Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not to one's liking; unpleasant or offensive.
- adj. Having a quarrelsome, bad-tempered manner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Unsuitable; not conformable; not congruous.
- Unpleasing; offensive to the mind or to the senses; distasteful; repugnaut: as, one's manners may be disagreeable; food may be disagreeable to the taste.
- Synonyms Unpleasant, distasteful, unwelcome, ungrateful, obnoxious.
- n. A disagreeable thing.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
- adj. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
- adj. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. unpleasant to interact with
- adj. not to your liking
- adj. not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
Etymologies
- Confer French désagréable. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. As if dis- + agreeable. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Let us hope we do not live to regret that decision," says General Jackson, responding to what he calls "disagreeable noises coming from Buenos Aires" as the 30th anniversary of the war approaches.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
“Similarly, if certain disagreeable behavior is “commonly found” on the Left, then it should be easy for you to pick fights with the Left when they actually exhibit the behavior.”
“The president said he would bring a new tone to Washington, who insisted that "we can disagree without being disagreeable," is now backing an appointee who has repeatedly failed to meet that standard.”
“North American lefties will rush to the defence of any artist or academic threatened with "censorship" by religious groups - well, Christians, anyway - but, save for a few honorable exceptions, they have been shamefully silent when speech they find remotely disagreeable is threatened.”
““I should be sorry to utter a word disagreeable to your feelings.””
“Though censured, the two Krishnas, however, spoke not a word disagreeable (to the dying hero).”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
“But when we use the word disagreeable by itself, our meaning is understood to be, that in calling the thing disagreeable we have said the worst of it.”
“Una and Faith exchanged looks which said, "Now something disagreeable is coming.”
“The fear of being disagreeable is a great bugbear to a girl, as this artful young man well knew, and Rose fell into the trap at once, for Aunt Jane was far from being her model, though she could not help respecting her worth.”
“These houses are often good, but sometimes exceedingly disagreeable from the miscellaneous nature of the occupants.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘disagreeable’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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I am : oppressive
Words that are oppressive. Describing anger, violence, aggression (overt and covert), opposition, tension. strong stance and lack of harmony.
Still working on exact definition...angry, enraged, furious, mad, obstreperous, violent, aggressive, truculent, obdurate, obstinate, defiant, hostile and 33 more...
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Miss Sunshine
she's such a joy.
bereaved, bitter, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, downcast and 405 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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Sassypants
The qualities of The Diva. Social skills, playful yet bitchy.
churlish, bitchy, cantankerous, peevish, disagreeable, quarrelsome, venomous, grumpy, groachy, crabby, dismal, snappish and 143 more...
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