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Antonyms for agreeable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-gree-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : əˈgri ə bəl



Definition of agreeable

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to one's liking," from Old French agreable (12c., Modern French agréable) "pleasing, in agreement, consenting, thankful," from agreer "to please" (see agree). Related: Agreeably.
  • adj pleasing
  • adj appropriate, in keeping
  • adj willing to be in unison, assent
Example sentences :
  • They have a distinctive flavor that is agreeable to most persons.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The gridiron of Saint Lawrence is of an agreeable freshness to him.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • There is a letter, it would seem, too; and that is the only agreeable part of the matter.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • And feeling thus I may not have made myself too agreeable to Cleopatra.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • The entertainment was not as agreeable and natural as it might have been.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The agreeable young Barnacle, and Bar, were the talkers of the party.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • There is no other message to send, I thank you, dear papa, that it would be at all agreeable to you to take.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • In this agreeable frame of mind I entered the workhouse of Liverpool.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • The surprise was not altogether so agreeable as it ought to have been.
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

Synonyms for agreeable

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