1
2

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of disagreeable To disagree, without being disagreeable. John Hope Bryant, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025 Some repel deer with a disagreeable taste, such as hot pepper. Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024 Buried in a bland mixed-use skyscraper in the dreary Financial District downtown, an aging, if glamorous, 1929 movie palace with rotten acoustics long served as the San Diego Symphony’s disagreeable home. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024 The United States’s three most powerful European allies disagree with its plan for ending the brutal, destructive stalemate in Ukraine, with Germany the most disagreeable. Dominic Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disagreeable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreeable
Adjective
  • Her tone is free-associative, irritable and rat-a-tat.
    Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 1 June 2025
  • When an owner is distracted or irritable from work stress, the dog notices.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • Some of these vitamins have quality issues, like a fishy or unpleasant taste.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
  • Diana, for example, when anything unpleasant was said in her presence, would slowly blink her eyes in an incredible act of denial.
    Rosemary Counter, Time, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • But Democrats are angry and want leaders who are generally younger and uniformly more willing to take on President Donald Trump.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
  • There are angry physical altercations as vivid as anything in a Martin McDonagh two-hander.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.
    Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
  • His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.
    SI.com, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
  • The Post isn’t as great as All the President’s Men — this movie is sort of like its prequel — but its cast is superb, especially Tom Hanks as a cantankerous Bill Bradlee and Meryl Streep as a conflicted Kay Graham.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
  • Her cantankerous dad undoubtedly gets the best zingers.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Some of them include washing with harsh shampoos, particularly those with sulfates or alcohol; overusing scalp scrubs or clarifying products; and not washing frequently enough.
    Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 16 June 2025
  • Unlike many traditional sunscreens that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate—two common culprits behind coral bleaching—reef-safe formulas skip the harsh stuff in favor of ocean-friendly alternatives that tend to also be gentler on sensitive skin.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • And while there is enough splenetic wit and manic detail to generate obsessive fandom (entire sections of Web sites are dedicated to deciphering just what Kenny is mumbling), subjects like alien abduction, genetic engineering, and Kathie Lee are hardly original targets for satire.
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the commentator and controversialist Piers Morgan, an obsessively close observer and relentless critic of Meghan, inevitably waded in with his usual splenetic views.
    Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • Hatton was talking with reporters, bemoaning a bad break on the 17th ended his chances of winning.
    Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
  • Advertisement To put all that in context, recall that Black voters are the most reliable members of the Democratic coalition and the Black Church is the only reason these numbers aren’t even worse.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 16 June 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Disagreeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagreeable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on disagreeable

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!