disagreeable

adjective

dis·agree·able ˌdis-ə-ˈgrē-ə-bəl

Synonyms of disagreeable next

: causing discomfort : unpleasant, offensive

a disagreeable odor

: marked by ill temper : peevish

a disagreeable person

disagreeableness noun

disagreeably

ˌdis-ə-ˈgrē-ə-blē

adverb

Example Sentences

The medicine had a disagreeable taste. the disagreeable odor of the garbage I've never known her to be so disagreeable.

Recent Examples on the Web But footage of those private debate-prep sessions, first reported by ABC News, shows Mr. DeSantis trying to formulate an answer to a question that will define his imminent 2024 run: how to disagree with Mr. Trump without appearing disagreeable to Trump supporters. —

Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 13 May 2023 Poitier was something people could agree on during an otherwise agitated, disagreeable era. —

K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2022 But if students manage to graduate high school and college and law school without developing the capacity to tolerate disagreeable speech, the legal system itself will have no choice but to take a stand to prevent them from using the tools of the law to close down the marketplace of ideas. —

Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 28 Mar. 2022 Itching during the drying up of the pustules is almost completely controlled by a soft ointment of beeswax and sweet oil, with a little tannin, opium, and carbolic acid incorporated, which has, moreover, the advantage of rendering the smell less disagreeable. —

Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2021 But there are other proposals where power is largely separate from whether someone's disagreeable. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2020 Why this is not revolting, or even disagreeable, is beyond me. —

Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023 Fish oil side effects Side effects from supplementing with fish oil are often mild, and can include a disagreeable taste, headache and gastrointestinal symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, and diarrhea, according to the National Institutes of Health. —

Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2023 In disagreeable conversations, our reactive emotional patterns of defending our perspective keep us from seeing other views. —

Chuck Wisner, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2023 See More

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