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noun
The state or quality of being disagreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A disagreeable behaviour, occurrence, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: agreeableness
Broader terms: disposition, temperament
Narrower terms: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness, aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, contentiousness
noun
the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: agreeableness
Broader terms: pleasantness, sweetness
Narrower terms: abrasiveness, acridity, acridness, unpalatability, unpalatableness
History
Etymology tree English disagreeable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English disagreeableness From disagreeable + -ness.
