different between disagreeable vs vexatious
disagreeable
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)
- Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
- (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)
- 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.
- 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
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vexatious
English
Etymology
a 1650 vexation +? -ous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?k?se???s/
- Rhymes: -e???s
Adjective
vexatious (comparative more vexatious, superlative most vexatious)
- Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
- (archaic) Full of trouble or disquiet
- Synonyms: harassed, distressed, annoyed, vexed
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises - To My Son Kenelm Digby (preface)
- He leads a vexatious life.
- (law, of an action) Commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause.
- a vexatious lawsuit
- (law, of a party or entity) In the habit of starting vexatious litigation and therefore liable to have restraints placed on one's ability to access the courts.
- a vexatious litigant
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:annoying
Derived terms
- vexatiously
- vexatiousness
Related terms
- vex
- vexation
Translations
References
- vexatious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vexatious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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