disagreeable
pronunciation
How to pronounce disagreeable in British English:
UK [ˌdɪsəˈgri:əbl]
How to pronounce disagreeable in American English:
US [ˌdɪsəˈɡriəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not to your liking
- not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
Word Origin
- disagreeable (adj.)
- c. 1400, "not in agreement," from Old French desagreable (13c.), from des- (see dis-) + agreable (see agreeable). Meaning "not in accord with one's taste" is from 1690s. Related: Disagreeably; disagreeableness. Slightly earlier in same sense was unagreeable (late 14c.).
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Example
- 1. What am I let you feel disagreeable ?
- 2. An ill-natured disagreeable old man .
- 3. Others find dusty , dangerous mogadishu so disagreeable that they spend much of their time abroad .
- 4. Researchers found that the participants who earlier had made choices had more trouble staying focused and finishing the disagreeable but goal-focused tasks compared to the participants who initially did not have to make choices .
- 5. You learn how to disagree without being disagreeable .