different between disagreeable vs fetid

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

Alternative forms

• foetid
• fœtid (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin f?tidus (“having offensive odour”), originally f?te? (“to stink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?t?d/
• Rhymes: -?t?d

Adjective

fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)

1. Foul-smelling, stinking.

   I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:malodorous

Translations

See also

• asafoetida

Noun

fetid (plural fetids)

1. (rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.

Romanian

Etymology

From French fétide, from Latin foetidus.

Adjective

fetid m or n (feminine singular fetid?, masculine plural fetizi, feminine and neuter plural fetide)

1. fetid

Declension

Related terms

• fetiditate