different between disagreeable vs atrocious

English

Etymology

From Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). Surface etymology is dis- +? agreeable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s????i.?b??]

Adjective

disagreeable (comparative more disagreeable, superlative most disagreeable)

1. Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
2. (archaic) Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "disagreeable" is often applied: odor, smell, taste, sensation, thing, person, man, woman, duty, work, feeling, manner, experience, effect, feature, business, surprise, job.

Antonyms

• agreeable

Translations

Noun

disagreeable (plural disagreeables)

1. Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
   • 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)

     The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.

English

Etymology

From Latin atr?x (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) +? -ious.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-tr??-sh?s
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??t?????s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t?o???s/
• Rhymes: -????s
• Hyphenation: a?tro?cious

Adjective

atrocious (comparative more atrocious, superlative most atrocious)

1. Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

2. Offensive or heinous.
3. Very bad; abominable, disgusting.

Derived terms

• atrociously
• atrociousness
• vomitrocious

Related terms

• atrocity

Translations