Disagreeable
[dɪsə'griːəb(ə)l] or [,dɪsə'ɡriəbl]
Definition
(adj.) not to your liking; 'a disagreeable situation' .
(adj.) not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; 'found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it'; 'a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him' .
(adj.) unpleasant to interact with; 'a disagreeable old man' .
Typist: Suzy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
(a.) Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
Inputed by Gerard
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing, distasteful, offensive.
Checker: Neil
Examples
- I have told your ladyship that I should be placed in a very disagreeable situation if any complaint was made, and all is in strict confidence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But papa is so disagreeable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You, sir, as a clergyman, said he, may feel it disagreeable to be present amidst scenes of hurry and flurry, and, I may say, peril. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Since in the past one has done one's duty without having to face such a disagreeable circumstance, why not go on as one has been? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Certainly his manners seemed more disagreeable by the morning light. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I want to know whether my attentions to Sophia are really disagreeable; for I don't see how a man could command so many tears to flow at pleasure. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well, then: is it worth while to risk what may be infinitely disagreeable and painful? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You don't find this sort of thing disagreeable, I hope, sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I told him I had come up again to say how sorry I was that anything disagreeable should have occurred, and that I hoped he would not blame me much. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is observed by critics, that all words or sentences, which are difficult to the pronunciation, are disagreeable to the ear. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In their marriages, they are exactly careful to choose such colours as will not make any disagreeable mixture in the breed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Many things might be good for them which would be very disagreeable for other people. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The other apes derived unlimited amusement from Tublat's discomfiture, for Broken Nose was a disagreeable old fellow, whom no one liked, anyway. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It's a happy thing to be satisfied, said Mr. Shelby, with a slight shrug, and some perceptible feelings of a disagreeable nature. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If you have come here to say disagreeable things about Mrs. Hatch---- It is only with your relation to Mrs. Hatch that I am concerned. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I don't say that it is not a disagreeable businessbut things might be much worse. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I appeal to you not to take advantage of your position in this house to make my position in it distressing and disagreeable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Unwilling to make myself disagreeable to my fellow-citizens by too frequently soliciting their contributions, I absolutely refused. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But wooman, lovely wooman, said Mr. Turveydrop with very disagreeable gallantry, what a sex you are! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now I am ready--is there anything to be disagreeable about? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Now, Edmund, do not be disagreeable, said Julia. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Do come with me, said Mrs. Weston, if it be not very disagreeable to you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You are a disagreeable fellow. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- These Instantaneous Lights are made without sulphur, consequently the disagreeable smell of the common Lucifer is avoided. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Mr. Henry Lennox added a new and not disagreeable element to the course of the household life by his frequent presence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But the disagreeable ordeal could not be dodged. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Neither are you, and there is no use in making yourself disagreeable because he is. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Still, it was not a disagreeable position--and it was a position. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- After a pause, she said-- How much money is it that those disagreeable people want? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checker: Neil