Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- contrary to one’s taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- unpleasant in manner or nature; unamiable: a thoroughly disagreeable person.
noun
- an unpleasant or repugnant circumstance, attribute, thing, etc.: Bent on being cheerful, he suppressed any mention of the disagreeable in our conversation.
- disagreeables, the disagreeable aspects of a situation, course of action, etc.: The pleasant features of the arrangement far outweigh the disagreeables.
adjective
- not likable, esp bad-tempered, offensive, or disobligingdisagreeable remarks
- not to one’s liking; unpleasanta disagreeable task
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.).