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How to use disagreeable in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, noun

Disagreeable means causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing. Example: “I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.”

More sentences with disagreeable

  • I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.From the entry fan
  • I had no right to be owly and disagreeable with Willie.1988, Janette Oke, Winter Is Not Forever, Bethany House Publishers, published 2010, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry owly
  • The disagreeable roof consistently gave way to rain and the elements, and once again, it needed to be sured up.2010, Nicholas Fernandez, The Man I Always Knew, page 116. From the entry sure up
  • See, it's not that I'm a disagreeable person.2008, Stuart Smith, The Mad Ramblings of a Monkey: The Nefarious Project, page 17. From the entry break one's back
  • That night I dreamed I had a very disagreeable taste in my mouth, which caused me to spit all the time.2002, E. P. Anshutz, New, Old and Forgotten Remedies, page 380. From the entry coppery
  • There are also a lot of people who have never dreamed of being disagreeable in public, much less considered joining a raucous social movement.2026 June 12, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry raucous
  • She was aware that Denise didn’t like this story, but there were plenty of things about Denise’s life that were disagreeable to Enid, too, so.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections. From the entry raconteurial
  • In comfortless camps, in sweltering offices, in gloomy dakbungalows smelling of dust and earth-oil, they earn, perhaps, the right to be a little disagreeable.1934, George Orwell, chapter 2, in Burmese Days. From the entry dak bungalow
  • Don't let us spoil the Xmas holidays by a chore as colossal as it is disagreeable, and as disagreeable as it is unnecessary.1913 November 18, C. S. Lewis, edited by Walter Hooper, The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis: Family Letters, 1905-1931, New York…. From the entry xmas
  • We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry fetish
  • There are too many disagreeable officers, the food smells too often like garbage, and hypocrites are too hypocrital for the book to be a fair portrayal of life.1923, John Trevena, Seamen's Journal, California State Library, page 19. From the entry overintensity

Meaning of disagreeable

  1. adjective Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
  2. adjective Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.
  3. noun Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.

Full definition of disagreeable

Questions about disagreeable in a sentence

How do you use disagreeable in a sentence?
Disagreeable is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.”
What is a short sentence with disagreeable?
“See, it's not that I'm a disagreeable person.”
What does disagreeable mean?
Disagreeable means causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.

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