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disagreeable
[ dis-uh-gree-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- unpleasant in manner or nature; unamiable:
a thoroughly disagreeable person.
Synonyms: , , ,
noun
- an unpleasant or repugnant circumstance, attribute, thing, etc.:
Bent on being cheerful, he suppressed any mention of the disagreeable in our conversation.
- disagreeables, the disagreeable aspects of a situation, course of action, etc.:
The pleasant features of the arrangement far outweigh the disagreeables.
disagreeable
/ ˌɪəˈɡːəə /
adjective
- not likable, esp bad-tempered, offensive, or disobliging
disagreeable remarks
- not to one's liking; unpleasant
a disagreeable task
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈԱ, noun
- ˌ徱ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- 徱a·a··Ա 徱a·a·i·ٲ noun
- 徱a·a· adverb
- ܲd··a· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of disagreeable1
Example Sentences
"Death by China" and its creator — who struck me in person as disagreeable, stubborn and clearly intelligent — stuck with me for two reasons.
If Alex has a bit more credibility, not being as intractable in her positions, both have a tendency to come off as disagreeable in their incessant bickering and self-righteousness.
Lead actor Garcia-Rulfo, a distant relative of the novel’s author, set out to find the human nature within the disagreeable character.
We distance ourselves from completely neutral products if they are liked by people who have political views that we find disagreeable.
Buried in a bland mixed-use skyscraper in the dreary Financial District downtown, an aging, if glamorous, 1929 movie palace with rotten acoustics long served as the San Diego Symphony’s disagreeable home.
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