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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disagreeable \Dis`a*gree"a*ble\ (d[i^]s`[.a]*gr[=e]"[.a]*b'l),
     a. [Cf. F. d['e]sagr['e]able.]
     1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary;
        unsuitable.
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              Preach you truly the doctrine which you have
              received, and each nothing that is disagreeable
              thereunto.                            --Udall.
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     2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses;
        displeasing; unpleasant.
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              That which is disagreeable to one is many times
              agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less
              degree.                               --Wollaston.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disagreeable
       adj 1: not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a
              disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood" [ant:
              {agreeable}]
       2: not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the
          task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job
          temperamentally unsympathetic to him" [syn: {unsympathetic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  154 Moby Thesaurus words for "disagreeable":
     abominable, abrupt, annoying, antagonistic, antipathetic,
     at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war,
     bad-tempered, bearish, bitchy, bitter, blunt, brusque, cankered,
     cantankerous, churlish, clashing, contradictory, contrary, crabbed,
     cranky, cross, cross-grained, crusty, curt, cussed, differing,
     disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discourteous, discrepant,
     disgusting, disharmonious, dislikable, disobliging, displeasing,
     disproportionate, dissident, dissonant, distasteful, distressing,
     disturbing, divergent, excitable, feisty, foul-tasting, fractious,
     fretful, grating, grouchy, had, hostile, huffish, huffy, ill,
     ill-flavored, ill-humored, ill-mannered, ill-tempered, immiscible,
     impolite, inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonious, inhospitable,
     irascible, irritable, jangling, jarring, mean, morose, nasty,
     nauseating, nauseous, negative, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious,
     odious, offensive, ornery, out of accord, out of whack, peevish,
     perverse, pettish, petulant, querulous, repellent, repugnant,
     repulsive, revolting, rotten, rude, short, sickening, snappish,
     snappy, sour, spiteful, spleeny, splenetic, sulky, sullen, testy,
     thankless, ugly, unaffectionate, unalluring, unamiable,
     unappealing, unappetizing, unattractive, unbenign, unbenignant,
     uncivil, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncongenial,
     uncooperative, uncordial, uncourtly, undelectable, undelicious,
     undesirable, unengaging, unenjoyable, unfriendly, ungenial,
     ungracious, unhappy, unharmonious, uninviting, unkind, unkindly,
     unlikable, unloving, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory,
     unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untasteful, untasty, unwelcome,
     variant, waspish, whiny, woeful
  
  

















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