disagreeable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪsəˈɡɹɪbəl/ (UK, obsolete)
- /dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/ (UK)
- /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/ (US)
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable.
Meanings
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Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
disagreeable person
disagreeable taste
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:disagreeable weather
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(archaic) Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.
We cannot but judge it disagreeable with the spirit and principles of the gospel, and an encroachment upon the divine prerogative and the undoubted rights of mankind, to punish any for their conscientious and peaceable dissent from the established way of religion, while they are not justly chargeable with any immorality, or what is plainly destructive of civil society.
1871, Isaac Backus, A History of New England with Particular Reference to the Denomination of Christians Called Baptists, page 466:and that this Nation that is invested in a Law particular and municipal, which doth in no wise so much as challenge or claim any derivation from, or dependency of the Civil Law, but is altogether different and disagreeable thereunto in its proceedings, and oftentimes in its determinations, and hath no foundation or grounds whereon the decisions of Sea controversies can be built, should without the knowledge and practise of these Civil and Maritime Laws deal and trade with such as do live under them, and are guided by them?
a. 1668, John Exton, The Maritime Dicaeologie, Or, Sea-jurisdiction of England, page 55: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: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 incompatible and disagreeable thereunto.
1738, Grantham Killingworth, A Supplement to the Sermons Lately Preached at Salters-Hall Against Popery, page 54:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most disagreeable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more disagreeable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
disagreeableness · disagreeably · undisagreeable
Translations (44)
de unangenehm (exciting repugnance) · bg неприятен (exciting repugnance) · de unangenehm (not agreeable, unsuitable) · tr uyuz (exciting repugnance) · ca desagradable (exciting repugnance) · tr tatsız (exciting repugnance) · it spiacevole (not agreeable, unsuitable) · sh antipatično (exciting repugnance) · de unsympathisch (not agreeable, unsuitable) · ga míthaitneamhach (exciting repugnance) · ota طاتسز (exciting repugnance) · fr incompatible (not agreeable, unsuitable) · tr nahoş (exciting repugnance) · sh neprijatno (exciting repugnance) · mk непријатен (exciting repugnance) · nl onaangenaam (not agreeable, unsuitable) · la odiosus (exciting repugnance) · az xoşagəlməz (exciting repugnance) · ja いや (not agreeable, unsuitable) · mi ngākaukawa (not agreeable, unsuitable) · it sgradevole (exciting repugnance) · bg противен (exciting repugnance) · ro neagreabil (not agreeable, unsuitable) · tr uyuz (not agreeable, unsuitable) · af onaangenaam (not agreeable, unsuitable) · fr désagréable (exciting repugnance) · mk непријатен (not agreeable, unsuitable) · es desagradable (exciting repugnance) · cy annymunol (exciting repugnance) · it sconveniente (not agreeable, unsuitable) · ota لذتسز (exciting repugnance) · af onaangenaam (exciting repugnance) · sh neugodno (exciting repugnance) · eo malagrabla (exciting repugnance) · ca desagradable (not agreeable, unsuitable) · bg неподходящ (not agreeable, unsuitable) · it sgradevole (not agreeable, unsuitable) · ota ناخوش (exciting repugnance) · sh odbojno (exciting repugnance) · mk незгоден (not agreeable, unsuitable) · it antipatico (exciting repugnance) · fi inhottava (exciting repugnance) · txb eñcare (exciting repugnance) · ro dezagreabil (not agreeable, unsuitable)