disagreeable

English

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Etymology

Confer French désagréable. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. As if dis- +‎ agreeable.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

disagreeable (comparative more disagreeable, superlative most disagreeable)

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

   (Can we date this quote?) Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and teach nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. --Udall.

2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.

   (Can we date this quote?) That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. --Wollaston.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "disagreeable" is often applied: odor, smell, taste, sensation, thing, person, man, duty, work, feeling, manner, experience, effect, feature, business, surprise, woman, job.

Antonyms

• agreeable

Translations

not agreeable, unsuitable

Bulgarian: неподходящ (bg) Italian: sconveniente (it)

Macedonian: непријатен (mk) (nepríjaten) m., незгоден (mk) (nézgoden) m. Romanian: dezagreabil (ro) m. and n., neagreabil (ro) m.

exciting repugnance

Bulgarian: неприятен (bg), противен (bg) Italian: antipatico (it), sgradevole (it) Macedonian: непријатен (mk) (nepríjaten) m.

Serbo-Croatian: neprijatno (sh), neugodno (sh), odbojno (sh), antipatično (sh) Spanish: desagradable (es)