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Definition of 'disagreeable'

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disagreeable

(dɪsəgriːəbəl )
1. adjective
Something that is disagreeable is rather unpleasant.
...a disagreeable odour.
...a comfort kit designed to make flying an altogether less disagreeable experience.
Synonyms: nasty, offensive, disgusting, unpleasant   More Synonyms of disagreeable
disagreeably (dɪsəgriːəbli ) adverb [usually ADVERB adjective, oft ADVERB with verb]
The taste is bitter and disagreeably pungent.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Someone who is disagreeable is unfriendly or unhelpful.
He's a shallow, disagreeable man.
Synonyms: ill-natured, difficult, nasty, cross   More Synonyms of disagreeable
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disagreeable in British

(ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl )
adjective
1. 
not likable, esp bad-tempered, offensive, or disobliging
disagreeable remarks
2. 
not to one's liking; unpleasant
a disagreeable task
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Derived forms
disagreeableness (ˌdisaˈgreeableness) or disagreeability (ˌdisaˌgreeaˈbility)
noun
disagreeably (ˌdisaˈgreeably)
adverb
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disagreeable in American

(ˌdɪsəgriəbəl ; disˌəgrēəbəl)
adjective
1. 
not to one's taste; unpleasant; offensive
2. 
hard to get along with; quarrelsome
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Derived forms
disagreeableness (ˌdisaˈgreeableness)
noun
disagreeably (ˌdisaˈgreeably)
adverb
Word origin of 'disagreeable'
ME disagreable < OFr desagreable: see disagree & -able

Example sentences containing 'disagreeable'

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He should not be surprised if he finds the result disagreeable. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Many things might be good for them which would be very disagreeable for other people. Elizabeth Gaskell North and South (1855)So what are disagreeable people like? Times, Sunday Times (2010)If you have a ticket, the web can make the experience less disagreeable. Times, Sunday Times (2007)There are few more disagreeable experiences than to have to hold a front line trench after the enemy has been heard at work underground. Times, Sunday Times (2016)She knew there would be evil, but she had expected it in a more striking and less disagreeable form. Charlotte M. Yonge The Daisy Chain (1837)There is something disagreeable about Holden. The Times Literary Supplement (2013)It makes him shockingly disagreeable. Times, Sunday Times (2008)I must make myself very disagreeable, or she would not have said such a thing to an old friend. Jane Austen Emma (1815)That was such a disagreeable thing to be part of, such a horrible thing to be part of, but we were. Times, Sunday Times (2016)A position in which a player is obliged to move but cannot do so without disadvantage; the disagreeable obligation to make such a move. Times, Sunday Times (2010)

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Definition of disagreeable from the Collins English Dictionary

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