disagreeable

[ dis-uh-gree-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
2. unpleasant in manner or nature; unamiable:

   a thoroughly disagreeable person.

   Synonyms: testy, surly, grouchy, cross

noun

1. an unpleasant or repugnant circumstance, attribute, thing, etc.:

   Bent on being cheerful, he suppressed any mention of the disagreeable in our conversation.

2. disagreeables, the disagreeable aspects of a situation, course of action, etc.:

   The pleasant features of the arrangement far outweigh the disagreeables.

disagreeable

/ ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl /

adjective

1. not likable, esp bad-tempered, offensive, or disobliging

   disagreeable remarks

2. not to one's liking; unpleasant

   a disagreeable task

Derived Forms

• ˌdisaˈgreeableness, noun
• ˌdisaˈgreeably, adverb

Other Words From

• disa·greea·ble·ness disa·greea·bili·ty noun
• disa·greea·bly adverb
• undis·a·greea·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of disagreeable¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Middle French word desagreable. See dis- ¹, agreeable

Example Sentences

Buried in a bland mixed-use skyscraper in the dreary Financial District downtown, an aging, if glamorous, 1929 movie palace with rotten acoustics long served as the San Diego Symphony’s disagreeable home.

From Los Angeles Times

Musk has also reportedly used the X platform to stop the spread of information he finds disagreeable, censoring recent reporting on Trump campaign documents hacked by the Iranian government, suspending pro-Harris organizations on the platform and flagging unflattering reports about the Trump campaign as spam in recent weeks.

From Salon

His announcement stirred up social media reminders of the time the organization hosted his surrogate Omarosa Manigault Newman in 2017, who was mainly just disagreeable.

From Salon

After news of Hernández’s retirement, an “anti-highlight reel” surfaced on X, formerly Twitter, showcasing some of his most disagreeable calls.

From BBC

Trump’s criminal trials are almost guaranteed to be a spectacle given his bombastic temperament, egomania and megalomania, mastery of stagecraft and propaganda, and what is in total a disagreeable personality that borders on the sociopathic if not psychopathic.

From Salon

Related Words

• annoying
• distasteful
• distressing
• objectionable
• obnoxious
• repulsive
• unpalatable
• unpleasant
• unsavory