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# disagreeable

«disagreeable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Unpleasant, not nice to experience, as in «a disagreeable…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (disagreeable; more disagreeable, most disagreeable); adverb disagreeably

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unpleasant, not nice to experience, as in «a disagreeable smell». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#m1)

2) Unfriendly, bad-tempered and hard to get on with, as in «a disagreeable old man». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, especially classic children's books, a «disagreeable» character is grumpy and rude, like Mary in «The Secret Garden» at the start. In everyday life it is a slightly formal or old-fashioned way to say «nasty» or «grumpy».

### examples

- The cheese had a disagreeable smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#x1)
- Mary was a disagreeable child who scowled at everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#x2)
- It was a disagreeable job to clean out the drains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#x3)
- The weather turned cold and disagreeable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#x4)
- He was disagreeably rude to the waiter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#x5)
- Being tired can make anyone a bit disagreeable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#x6)
- It is so disagreeable to be hurried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/#x7)

### note

Opposite: «agreeable» (pleasant). It does not mean «disagreeing»; a person who often disagrees is not necessarily disagreeable. Spelling: «dis» + «agree» + «able».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disagreeable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreeable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.