What does "disagreeable" mean?
Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
Disagreeable
/dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
- Grammar: disagreeable is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: abominable, abrupt, annoying, antagonistic.
- Useful contrasts: agreeable, good, mild.
- Usage evidence: Tom watched them hurry through the doors, a disagreeable expression on his face.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
"The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you."
Adjective
- 1 Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
"disagreeable weather"
- 2 Not suitable; that does not conform or fit. archaic
"The first author I shall cite is Justin Martyr, who is not only silent about infant-baptism, as are all the fathers before him, but says what is inconsistent with it; for the reason he assigns, as what he had received from the apostles themselves, why baptism was instituted, is altogether incompatible and disagreeable thereunto."
Adjective
- 1 not to your liking wordnet
- 2 not agreeing with your tastes or expectations wordnet
- 3 unpleasant to interact with wordnet
Example
"Tom watched them hurry through the doors, a disagreeable expression on his face."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "disagreeable"?
Common synonyms include: abominable, abrupt, annoying, antagonistic, antipathetic, argumentative.
How do you use "disagreeable" in a sentence?
Tom watched them hurry through the doors, a disagreeable expression on his face.
How do you pronounce "disagreeable"?
Pronounced /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable.