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DISAGREEABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disagreeableness mean? 

DISAGREEABLENESS (noun)
  The noun DISAGREEABLENESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasantplay

2. an ill-tempered and offensive dispositionplay

  Familiarity information: DISAGREEABLENESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISAGREEABLENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("disagreeableness" is a kind of...):

unpleasantness (the quality of giving displeasure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disagreeableness"):

abrasiveness (the quality of being sharply disagreeable)

acridity; acridness (the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone)

unpalatability; unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mind)

Antonym:

agreeableness (pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions)

Derivation:

disagreeable (not to your liking)

disagreeable (not agreeing with your tastes or expectations)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An ill-tempered and offensive disposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("disagreeableness" is a kind of...):

disposition; temperament (your usual mood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disagreeableness"):

acerbity; acrimony; bitterness; jaundice; tartness; thorniness (a rough and bitter manner)

aggressiveness; belligerence; pugnacity (a natural disposition to be hostile)

contentiousness; quarrelsomeness (an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious)

Antonym:

agreeableness (a temperamental disposition to be agreeable)


 Context examples 


In the hope of diverting her father's thoughts from the disagreeableness of Mr. Knightley's going to London; and going so suddenly; and going on horseback, which she knew would be all very bad; Emma communicated her news of Jane Fairfax, and her dependence on the effect was justified; it supplied a very useful check,—interested, without disturbing him.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)



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