1
as in irritable
having or showing a habitually bad temper
a disagreeable old grouch with no friends
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as in unpleasant
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
a disagreeable smell coming from the closet
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Recent Examples of disagreeable
The day was cold and disagreeable, disappointing those who hoped for warm, sunny weather for the contest between Bogardus and Carver.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
24 Feb. 2026
This will also result in a disagreeable flavor most people will not enjoy.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
Like most who have their disagreements with Looney, the governor rarely finds Looney personally disagreeable.
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Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
2 Feb. 2026
Each time Trump changes the subject, the new subject somehow manages to be more disagreeable than the last.
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Matt K. Lewis,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for disagreeable
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
24 Feb. 2026
This will also result in a disagreeable flavor most people will not enjoy.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
Like most who have their disagreements with Looney, the governor rarely finds Looney personally disagreeable.
—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
2 Feb. 2026
Each time Trump changes the subject, the new subject somehow manages to be more disagreeable than the last.
—
Matt K. Lewis,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for disagreeable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreeable
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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Alas, Ligeti proved to be an extraordinarily difficult collaborator, his manic perfectionism colliding with practical reality and leading to unpleasant scenes.
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The consequences are unpleasant, but can also turn dangerous very quickly as body temperature rises.
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The Commission ultimately left it at 400 feet, prompting an intense reaction from the angry crowd.
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Some of the women who were angry contacted the SFMOMA not simply to share feedback, but to try to ensure Bahr could never work with the institution again.
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The remarks not only referred to the aesthetics of the game – tedious matches devoid of skillful merit that were unpleasing to watch.
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Usually a team of elegant offense, Michigan instead clanked 13 triples off the rim and relied on its inside defensive ferocity to win a game nearly as aesthetically unpleasing as UConn’s 53-41 win over Butler in 2011.
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Principle photography is underway in London, with Jurassic Park star Jeff Goldblum sharing his memories of contending with Winston’s cantankerous Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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The pièce de résistance is Belle’s willingness to engage with a cantankerous lion-man who has an outrageous temper, thanks to the chip on his very large shoulder.
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White settlers and frontier pioneers built vast, fenceless cattle stations, battling harsh environments and disease, embracing a hard-living culture that exists to this day.
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Dish Soap Using harsh chemicals on the outside of your toilet bowl and fixtures is not recommended, according to Meagher.
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Still, the internet nurtures these Hobbesian, splenetic views.
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Meanwhile, the commentator and controversialist Piers Morgan, an obsessively close observer and relentless critic of Meghan, inevitably waded in with his usual splenetic views.
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That if you were deemed, as an enslaved person, if you were deemed troublesome or in some way unwanted, you would literally be sold down the river from the more northern states to the deeper south where you would potentially be treated even worse.
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Offer Real Value, Not Leftovers Most product bundles fail not because the idea is bad but because the execution misses what consumers actually want.
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“Disagreeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagreeable. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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