disagreeable
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbl/
:
desagradable
- Dwayne's daily arrival around lunchtime was heralded by the Goony Boys or some other disagreeable band blaring from his computer speakers.
- disagreeable situation
- the most disagreeable
- disagreeable aspect
So that tells us that, you know, the the answer is it's something disagreeable or bad.
- So that tells us that, you know, the the answer is it's something disagreeable or bad.
- The the process of dying as opposed to being dead, the process of dying is often very disagreeable.
- Reparations were paid, voted by Congress, which refutes the idea that Americans are too squeamish to look at their the disagreeable parts of their past.
- Well, we would call that agreeable and disagreeable, or we could say good and evil.
- They're creative in this sort of disagreeable way.
Examples
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Clearly, many of the jobs available to those with limited education are low-paying and disagreeable.
Academic text (2003) -
It must be so disagreeable to sleep in a tent.
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Even though it was a pretty disagreeable experience.
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Yes, a most disagreeable experience.
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I'm afraid it would be too disagreeable for you.
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It's always disagreeable when the cat gets back to find the mice have been playing.
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The trip down the River Weser was disagreeable and took 18 hours.
Academic text (1993) -
Most Chicago industrialists employed blacks exclusively in the lowest-paid, least secure, and most disagreeable jobs.
Academic text (2000) -
There was relief in her annoyance, as if she'd awakened from a disagreeable trance.
Fiction book (1997) -
The restaurant had a disagreeable smell that made me want to leave immediately.
Synonyms
215
1.0
Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness
45
4.3
Not wanted and causing upset or trouble
31
6.7
Causing people to feel offended or want to protest
31
4.6
Not wanted because it is unpleasant, harmful, or causes problems
30
4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
15
4.1
Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting
14
3.5
Causing annoyance or trouble
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7.4
Tastes bad or is hard to accept
2
4.0
Something that makes people feel dislike or annoyance
1
4.8
Unpleasant to the senses, like a bitter taste or bright light
Antonyms
Compounds
How Unpleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disagreeable comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'not' and the word agreeable, built on agree meaning 'to please' or 'to be of the same mind'. So something disagreeable is 'not pleasing' and causes discomfort or annoyance.