Disagree
[dɪsə'griː] or [,dɪsə'ɡri]
Definition
(verb.) be of different opinions; 'I beg to differ!'; 'She disagrees with her husband on many questions'.
(verb.) be different from one another.
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
(v. i.) To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.
(v. i.) To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.
Typist: Ursula
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1].Differ, vary, be unlike.[2].Dissent, be of different opinions, differ in opinion.[3].Quarrel, wrangle, bicker, fall out.[4]. Be unsuitable, be unfit, be unsuited.
Checked by Irving
Definition
v.i. to differ or be at variance: to dissent: to quarrel: to prove unsuitable or a source of annoyance as of food disagreeing with the stomach.—adj. Disagree′able not agreeable: unpleasant: offensive.—ns. Disagree′ableness Disagreeabil′ity.—n.pl. Disagree′ables annoyances.—adv. Disagree′ably.—n. Disagree′ment want of agreement: difference: unsuitableness: dispute.
Checked by Blanchard
Examples
- She and her husband disagree, and unpleasant consequences follow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I think we shall never materially disagree about the writer again; but I will not delay you by a long preface. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In my state of health Young Persons disagree with me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My uncle and he disagree on politics, interposed the low voice of Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As to men and women, our opinions are sometimes very different; but with regard to these children, I observe we never disagree. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I may not be good for much, but he dislikes me because I disagree with him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I do not think it could disagree with you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Whether the fairies made any mention of the five thousand pounds, and it disagreed with Baby, is not speculated upon. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He disagreed with her now. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Now, old Crusty--old Diogenes (these were her familiar terms for me when we disagreed), what is the matter now? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The misfortune was, from infancy upwards, Shirley and he had disagreed on the meaning of the words suitable and proper. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Wolfgang