DISAGREEABLE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective

not to your liking

Example: a disagreeable situation

Part of speech: Adjective

unpleasant to interact with

Example: a disagreeable old man

Part of speech: Adjective

not agreeing with your tastes or expectations

Example: found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it; a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him

The word "disagreeable" comes from Old French desagraable. Many other languages have similar words:

dis – A related word in the same word family.

agreeable – A related word in the same word family.

For 300 years after 1066, French was the language of English courts and nobility.