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Disagreeable   /dˌɪsəgrˈiəbəl/   Listen
Disagreeable

adjective
1.
Not to your liking.  Antonym: agreeable.
2.
Unpleasant to interact with.
3.
Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations.  Synonym: unsympathetic.  "A job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"



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"Disagreeable" Quotes from Famous Books



... business was carried on under great stress, and Mr. Insull has described how Edison was to be found there trying to lead the life of a man of affairs in the conventional garb of polite society, instead of pursuing inventions and researches in his laboratory. But the disagreeable ordeal could not be dodged. After the experience Edison could never again be tempted to quit his laboratory and work for any length of time; but in this instance there were some advantages attached to the sacrifice, for the crowds of lion-hunters and people seeking business ...
— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
... her disagreeable task, and, assisted very reluctantly by the indignant Lina, had at last succeeded in removing all traces of Fred's unfortunate collection, when a tremendous ringing at the house-door called her down ...
— Gritli's Children • Johanna Spyri
... among all the company that was opposed to the change. He snorted and started to say something disagreeable. And for once everybody told Uncle Billy (for it was he!) ...
— The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse • Arthur Scott Bailey
... I dreamt that I was in the church, feeling very desolate and forsaken; there were very few people there, but soon my eyes lighted on an ugly-looking stranger, who tried to evade me. He was a very disagreeable, sullen-looking man. When I spoke to him he gnashed his teeth, and as I approached he drew out a knife and held it out before me. I pursued him notwithstanding, when he backed towards the door and went out. I followed him through the churchyard till he was outside the lych-gate. ...
— From Death into Life - or, twenty years of my ministry • William Haslam
... Erik and steamed north on the 18th of August, an intensely disagreeable day, with driving snow and rain, and a cutting wind from the southeast which made the sea very rough. As the two ships separated, they signaled "good-by and good luck" with the whistles, and our last ...
— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary


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