adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/
UK, obsolete:/dɪsəˈɡɹɪbəl/
US:/dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/
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CMU ARPABET:D IH2 S AH0 G R IY1 AH0 B AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
disagreeable weather
disagreeable person
disagreeable attitude
disagreeable taste
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
not to your liking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a disagreeable situation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: agreeable
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it
a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unsympathetic
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
unpleasant to interact with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a disagreeable old man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
onaangenaam
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Bulgarian:
неподходящ
(nepodhodjašt)
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Catalan:
desagradable
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Dutch:
onaangenaam
— not agreeable, unsuitable
French:
incompatible
— not agreeable, unsuitable
German:
unangenehm
— not agreeable, unsuitable
German:
unsympathisch
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Italian:
sconveniente
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Italian:
sgradevole
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Italian:
spiacevole
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Japanese:
いや
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Macedonian:
непријатен
(neprijaten)
— not agreeable, unsuitable
Macedonian:
незгоден
(nezgoden)
— not agreeable, unsuitable
