disagreeable

UK: /ˌdɪsəˈgriːəb^əl/ US: /ˌdɪsəˈgriəbəl/ ,(dis′ə grē′ə bəl)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•a•gree•a•ble /ˌdɪsəˈgriəbəl/   adj. 

1. opposite to one's taste or liking;
   offensive:
   The cold weather has been really disagreeable.
2. unpleasant in manner;
   surly;
   grouchy:
   She's always so disagreeable in the morning.

dis•a•gree•a•bly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•a•gree•a•ble  (dis′ə grē′ə bəl), adj. 

1. contrary to one's taste or liking;
   unpleasant;
   offensive;
   repugnant.
2. unpleasant in manner or nature;
   unamiable:
   a thoroughly disagreeable person.

n. 

3. an unpleasant or repugnant circumstance, attribute, thing, etc.:
   Bent on being cheerful, he suppressed any mention of the disagreeable in our conversation.
4. disagreeables, the disagreeable aspects of a situation, course of action, etc.:
   The pleasant features of the arrangement far outweigh the disagreeables.

• Middle French desagreable. See dis-¹, agreeable
• Middle English 1350–1400

dis′a•gree′a•ble•ness, dis′a•gree′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
dis′a•gree′a•bly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 2. cross, grouchy, surly, testy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

disagreeable / ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəb^əl/ adjective

1. not likable, esp bad-tempered, offensive, or disobliging
2. not to one's liking; unpleasant

ˌdisaˈgreeableness, ˌdisaˌgreeaˈbility noun

ˌdisaˈgreeably adverb