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disagreeable

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dis·a·gree·a·ble  (ds-gr-bl)
adj.
1. Not to one's liking; unpleasant or offensive.
2. Having a quarrelsome, bad-tempered manner.

disa·greea·ble·ness n.
disa·greea·bly adv.

disagreeable
Adjective
1. (of an incident or situation) unpleasant
2. (of a person) bad-tempered or disobliging
disagreeably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.disagreeable - not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"
agreeable - conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner"
2.disagreeable - unpleasant to interact with; "a disagreeable old man"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
3.disagreeable - not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"
uncongenial, incompatible - not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

disagreeable
adjective 1. nasty, offensive, disgusting, unpleasant, distasteful, horrid, repellent, unsavoury, obnoxious, unpalatable, displeasing, repulsive, objectionable, repugnant, uninviting, yucky or yukky (slang) yucko Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE pleasant
adjective 2. ill-natured, difficult, nasty, cross, contrary, unpleasant, rude, irritable, unfriendly, bad-tempered, surly, churlish, brusque, tetchy, ratty Brit., N.Z. (informal) peevish, ungracious, disobliging, unlikable or unlikeable << OPPOSITE good-natured
Translations
disagreeable [dɪsəˈgrɪəbl] adjdesagradable
disagreeable [dɪsəˈgriːəbl] disagree adjdésagréable
disagreeable [dɪsəˈgriːəbl] disagree adjunangenehm;
(person) → unsympathisch
disagreeable [dɪsəˈgriːəbl] adjsgradevole; [person] → antipatico/a


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Then the many are of another mind; they think that justice is to be reckoned in the troublesome class, among goods which are to be pursued for the sake of rewards and of reputation, but in themselves are disagreeable and rather to be avoided.
Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
 
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