Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disagreeable

/dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: dis-agree-able
IPA: /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.

adj

Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.

Archaic

noun

Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.

Example Sentences

"disagreeable weather"
"disagreeable person"
"disagreeable attitude"
"disagreeable taste"
"That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree."
"The first author I shall cite is Justin Martyr, who is not only silent about infant-baptism, as are all the fathers before him, but says what is inconsistent with it; for the reason he assigns, as what he had received from the apostles themselves, why baptism was instituted, is altogether incompatible and disagreeable thereunto."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: disagreable, desagreable, desagraable

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/
British English: /dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more disagreeable (comparative) most disagreeable (superlative) disagreeables (plural)

Derived Forms

disagreeableness disagreeably undisagreeable

Synonyms

unsympathetic

Antonyms

agreeable

Rhymes With

foreseeable agreeable unforeseeable forseeable

Questions

How do you pronounce disagreeable?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/.
What does disagreeable mean?: Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
Where does disagreeable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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