disagreeable
adjective/ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbl/
/ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbl/
(formal)- not nice or pleasant synonym unpleasant
- a disagreeable smell/experience/job
Extra Examples- He had the disagreeable job of identifying the body.
- It was one of the most disagreeable experiences she had ever had.
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- (of a person) rude and unfriendly synonym unpleasant
- a disagreeable bad-tempered man
- Are you always as disagreeable as this when you don’t get what you want?
- a rather disagreeable woman
opposite agreeable
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘discordant, incongruous’): from Old French desagreable, based on agreer ‘agree’.
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