Antonyms for disagreeable


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


Definition of disagreeable

Origin :
  • c.1400, "not in agreement," from Old French desagreable (13c.), from des- (see dis-) + agreable (see agreeable). Meaning "not in accord with one's taste" is from 1690s. Related: Disagreeably; disagreeableness. Slightly earlier in same sense was unagreeable (late 14c.).
  • adj bad-tempered, irritable
  • adj disgusting, offensive
Example sentences :
  • She was lost, for the instant, in a maze of disagreeable reflection.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • It is true your task has been disagreeable, but not more so than others.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • "I don't think they will," and the Trainer gave a disagreeable laugh.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • "And there is one thing about this disagreeable business," said Linda.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • At last it had come (what we expect, if it be disagreeable, usually does come).
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • But the connection was disagreeable to her father, on more accounts than my poverty.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • And let every past disagreeable thing be forgotten; as if nothing had happened.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Still, it was not a disagreeable position—and it was a position.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I say, Hamish, a disagreeable thing has happened at Galloway's.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • It quite disposed of that disagreeable suspicion touching his cousin.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for disagreeable

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