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Definition of disagreeable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

disagreeable

adjective
 
/ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbl/
 
/ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbl/
(formal)
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  1. not nice or pleasant synonym unpleasant
    • a disagreeable smell/experience/job
    Extra Examples
    • He had the disagreeable job of identifying the body.
    • It was one of the most disagreeable experiences she had ever had.
  2. (of a person) rude and unfriendly synonym unpleasant
    • a disagreeable bad-tempered man
    • Are you always as disagreeable as this when you don’t get what you want?
    • a rather disagreeable woman
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
  3. opposite agreeable
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘discordant, incongruous’): from Old French desagreable, based on agreer ‘agree’.
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