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/dˌɪsəgrˈiəbəl/ Listen

adjective

Disagreeable adj.

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable. "Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto."

Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant. "That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disagreeable" Quotes from Famous Books

... world over—luckily for themselves and luckily for other people too—and even children who are sometimes ill-tempered and unkind are sometimes, too, bright and happy and lovable. Rosy was after all only a child, and by no means always a disagreeable spoilt child. And this morning seeing Bee so merry and happy, she forgot her foolish and unkind feelings about her, and for the time they were all as contented and joyous as ...

— Rosy • Mrs. Molesworth

... for the lecture," she said presently, "you know I always like to have disagreeable things ...

— Elsie's Womanhood • Martha Finley

... a son hoping he would take Mr. Frye's place as my book-keeper and man of all work that belongs to man. But my trial of him has proved another disappointment. His books could not be audited they were so incorrect, etc., etc. Mr. Frye is the most disagreeable man that can be found, but this he is, namely, (if there is one on earth) an honest man, as all will tell you who deal with him. At first mesmerism swayed him, but he learned through my forbearance ...

— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 • Various

... quite contrary to Mr. Pickwick's expectation, succeeded. 'You don't find this sort of thing disagreeable, I hope, sir?' said his right hand neighbour, a gentleman in a checked shirt and Mosaic studs, with a ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... to shut them off and to require brief statements. That is silly. If the witness is wandering on purpose, as many a prisoner does for definite reasons of his own, he will spread himself still more as he recognizes that his examiner does not like it. To be disagreeable is his purpose. He is never led by impatience beyond his introduction, and some piece of evidence is lost because almost every accused who speaks unintelligibly on purpose, says too much in the course of his speech and brings things to light that no effort might otherwise have attained ...

— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

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