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displeasing

English

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?pli?z??/

Adjective

displeasing (comparative more displeasing, superlative most displeasing)

  1. Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.

Translations

Verb

displeasing

  1. present participle of displease

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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)

  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.

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