disagreeable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌdɪsəˈɡriəbəl/ UK /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
unpleasant or bad-tempered

He was a disagreeable man who rarely smiled.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · unpleasant or bad-tempered unpleasant offensive obnoxiousill-temperedsurly distasteful churlish

Opposites

agreeable pleasant amiable congenial likable

Word family

Forms disagreeablenessdisagreeablydisgreeableness

Derived forms disagreeablydisagreeableness

Related forms disagree agree agreeable disagreement

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Proverbs (1)

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You can disagree without being disagreeable

Etymology

From Old French desagreable, from des- (Latin dis-, 'not') plus agreable ('pleasing'), from agreer ('to please'), from the phrase a gre ('to one's liking'), from Latin ad gratum.

desagreable Old French gratus Latin *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# disagreeable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɪsəˈɡriəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl/

## Meanings
1. unpleasant or bad-tempered

## Examples
- He was a disagreeable man who rarely smiled.

## Synonyms
- unpleasant
- offensive
- obnoxious
- ill-tempered
- surly
- distasteful
- churlish

## Antonyms
- agreeable
- pleasant
- amiable
- congenial
- likable

## Derived Forms
- disagreeably
- disagreeableness

## Related Forms
- disagree
- agree
- agreeable
- disagreement

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: desagreable
- Root: gratus
- Root: *gʷerH-

## Etymology
From Old French desagreable, from des- (Latin dis-, 'not') plus agreable ('pleasing'), from agreer ('to please'), from the phrase a gre ('to one's liking'), from Latin ad gratum.

## AI Etymology
Disagreeable is from Old French desagreable, from des- (Latin dis-, 'not') plus agreable ('pleasing'), from agreer ('to please'), from the phrase a gre ('to one's liking'), from Latin ad gratum. In present-day use, it means unpleasant or bad-tempered. Derived formations include disagreeably and disagreeableness. Related vocabulary includes disagree, agree, agreeable, and disagreement.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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