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The synonyms of “Disagreeable” are: unsympathetic, unpleasant, displeasing, nasty, horrible, dreadful, horrid, frightful, abominable, odious, offensive, obnoxious, objectionable, repugnant, repulsive, repellent, revolting, disgusting, foul, vile, nauseating, sickening, hateful, detestable, distasteful, unsavoury, unpalatable, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, curmudgeonly, cross, crabbed, irritable, grumpy, peevish, snappish, petulant, sulky, sullen, prickly
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disagreeable” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abominable | Exceptionally bad or displeasing. Abominable treatment of prisoners. |
| bad-tempered | Annoyed and irritable. |
| crabbed | (of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher. Crabbed legal language. |
| cross | Extending or lying across in a crosswise direction at right angles to the long axis. He seemed to be very cross about something. |
| curmudgeonly | Brusque and surly and forbidding. His curmudgeonly temper. |
| detestable | Unequivocally detestable. Detestable vices. |
| disgusting | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. He had the most disgusting rotten teeth. |
| displeasing | Causing annoyance or dissatisfaction; disagreeable. It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama. |
| distasteful | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. Distasteful language. |
| dreadful | Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious. Dreadful manners. |
| foul | Not hit between the foul lines. He walked in fair and foul weather. |
| frightful | Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact. In a frightful hurry. |
| grumpy | Annoyed and irritable. His performance as the grumpy gateman. |
| hateful | Characterized by malice. No vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude. |
| horrible | Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking. A horrible massacre. |
| horrid | Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. A horrid brown colour. |
| ill-humoured | Brusque and surly and forbidding. |
| ill-natured | Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| ill-tempered | Annoyed and irritable. |
| irritable | Capable of responding to stimuli. The seeds have been reputed to help conditions such as irritable bladder. |
| nasty | Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. Her stories are very nasty full of murder and violence. |
| nauseating | Causing or able to cause nausea. The stench was nauseating. |
| objectionable | Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to. A vulgar and objectionable person. |
| obnoxious | Extremely unpleasant. He found her son somewhat obnoxious. |
| odious | Extremely unpleasant; repulsive. A pretty odious character. |
| offensive | Morally offensive. Offensive odors. |
| peevish | Easily irritated or annoyed. A thin peevish voice. |
| petulant | Easily irritated or annoyed. A petulant shake of the head. |
| prickly | Covered in prickles. This is a prickly subject. |
| repellent | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. Water repellent nylon. |
| repugnant | Given to stubborn resistance. Morally repugnant customs. |
| repulsive | Offensive to the mind. A repulsive force. |
| revolting | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. There was a revolting smell that lingered in the air. |
| sickening | Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust. She hit the ground with a sickening thud. |
| snappish | Irritable and curt. She was often snappish with the children. |
| sulky | Morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful. She had a sultry sulky mouth. |
| sullen | Showing a brooding ill humor. A sullen pout. |
| unpalatable | Not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind. Unpalatable behavior. |
| unpleasant | Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable. Unpleasant odors. |
| unsavoury | Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at. An unsavoury reputation. |
| unsympathetic | Lacking in sympathy and kindness. A job temperamentally unsympathetic to him. |
| vile | Morally reprehensible. He has a vile temper. |
| annoying | The act of troubling or annoying someone. Tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork. |
| bother | (of a circumstance or event) worry, disturb, or upset (someone. Scientists rarely bother with such niceties. |
| bothersome | Annoying; troublesome. Most childhood stomach aches though bothersome aren t serious. |
| detestable | Unequivocally detestable Edmund Burke. Detestable vices. |
| displeasing | Causing annoyance or dissatisfaction; disagreeable. It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama. |
| eyesore | A thing that is very ugly, especially a building. The office crumbled into an eyesore. |
| galling | Causing annoyance or resentment; annoying. It would be galling to lose your job because of a dispute with a customer. |
| hateful | Very unpleasant. That hateful arrogant woman. |
| irritating | Causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger. An irritating delay. |
| irritation | Abnormal sensitivity to stimulation. Some chemicals cause a direct irritation to the skin leading to dermatitis. |
| libelous | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. |
| nuisance | A bothersome annoying person. It s a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house. |
| objectionable | Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to. Found the politician s views objectionable. |
| obnoxious | Extremely unpleasant. He found her son somewhat obnoxious. |
| offensive | Morally offensive. Offensive odors. |
| opprobrious | Expressing offensive reproach. Opprobrious remarks. |
| repellent | A substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling. Treat brick with a silicone water repellent. |
| repelling | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. |
| repugnant | In conflict or incompatible with. Morally repugnant customs. |
| repulsive | So extremely ugly as to be terrifying. A repulsive force. |
| scurrilous | Expressing offensive reproach. A scurrilous attack on his integrity. |
| troublesome | Difficult to deal with. A troublesome situation. |
| trying | Hard to endure. It had been a very trying day. |
| unacceptable | Used of persons or their behavior. Unacceptable behaviour. |
| uncomfortable | Conducive to or feeling mental discomfort. An uncomfortable silence. |
| unpalatable | Not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind. Unpalatable truths. |
| unpleasant | Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable. Unpleasant odors. |
| unsavory | Not pleasing in odor or taste. An unsavory reputation. |
| upsetting | The shortening and thickening of the end or edge of a metal bar, wheel rim, or other object, especially by hammering or pressure when heated. An upsetting experience. |
| vexing | Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry. It is vexing to have to admit you are wrong. |
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