Disagreeable Definition

dĭsə-grēə-bəl
adjective
Not to one's taste; unpleasant; offensive.
Webster's New World
Having a quarrelsome, bad-tempered manner.
American Heritage
Hard to get along with; quarrelsome.
Webster's New World

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and teach nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. --Udall.
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noun
Something displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
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Other Word Forms of Disagreeable

Noun

Singular:
disagreeable
Plural:
disagreeables

Origin of Disagreeable

  • From Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). Surface etymology is dis- +‎ agreeable.

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Disagreeable Sentence Examples

  • Everything that was evil or disagreeable had been carefully kept out of his sight.

  • He became very disagreeable.

  • When heated or rubbed it emits a peculiar disagreeable odour.

  • Since (following Protagoras) knowledge is solely of momentary sensations, it is useless to try, as Socrates recommended, to make calculations as to future pleasures, and to balance present enjoyment with disagreeable consequences.

  • The most disagreeable feature of the climate of the colony is the abundance of dust, which seems to be blown by every wind, and is especially prevalent in the rainy season.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

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ELEBLE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

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