disagreeable
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disagreeable
- /dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/ UK
- /dɪsəˈɡɹɪbəl/ UK, obsolete
- /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/ US
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable.
adjective more disagreeable · most disagreeable
- Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing. disagreeable weather
- 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 incompatib
Opposite: agreeable
noun 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.
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adjective
Opposite: agreeable
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adj exciting repugnance
| Español | desagradable |
|---|---|
| Français | désagréable |
| Deutsch | unangenehm |
| Italiano | antipatico, sgradevole |
adj not agreeable, unsuitable
| 日本語 | いや |
|---|---|
| Français | incompatible |
| Deutsch | unangenehm, unsympathisch |
| Italiano | sconveniente, sgradevole, spiacevole |
| Română | dezagreabil, neagreabil |
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