disagreeable
UK/dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl//dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/
disagreeable adjective: causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
Adjective
disagreeable (comparative more disagreeable, superlative most disagreeable)
- Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
- disagreeable weather
- disagreeable person
- Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.
- 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...1738, Grantham Killingworth, A Supplement to the Sermons Lately Preached at Salters-Hall Against Popery, page 54
- Now to say, that justice is opposed to forgiveness, when by forgiveness we mean the entire cure of sin and misery; is to say that justice chooses that to remain forever, which is perfectly disagreeable to itself.1824, Gospel Advocate - Volume 1, page 140
Noun
disagreeable (plural disagreeables)
- 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.1855, Blackwood's magazine, volume 77, page 331
disagreeable meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit
disagreeable in Telugu
- disagreeable
- ప్రతికూలము pratikūlamu
disagreeable in Malayalam
- മനസ്സിനിണങ്ങാത്ത, വഴക്കാളിയായ, അഹിതമായ, അരോചകമായ
disagreeable in Kannada
- ಅಸೌಮ್ಯ
disagreeable in Sanskrit
- disagreeable; adverse; unpleasant
- प्रतिलोम pratilomá
Examples of disagreeable in a sentence
- disagreeable attitude
- That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree.1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated:
Antonyms of disagreeable
Forms of disagreeable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more disagreeable |
| superlative | most disagreeable |
| Noun | |
| plural | disagreeables |
Origin of disagreeable
Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable.
Words formed from disagreeable
Questions about disagreeable
- What does disagreeable mean?
- Disagreeable means causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
- What is disagreeable in Telugu?
- Disagreeable in Telugu is ప్రతికూలము (pratikūlamu). See Disagreeable meaning in Telugu.
- How do you use disagreeable in a sentence?
- disagreeable attitude
- What part of speech is disagreeable?
- Disagreeable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce disagreeable?
- Disagreeable is pronounced /dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/ (UK).
Words near disagreeable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disagreeable (page history and authors); ప్రతికూలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); disagreeable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disagreeable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रतिलोम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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