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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disagreeable \Dis'a*gree"a*ble\ (d[i^]s'[.a]*gr[=e]"[.a]*b'l), a. [Cf. F. d['e]sagr['e]able.]
1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. --Udall.
2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. --Wollaston.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disagreeable
adjective
1: not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood" [ant: {agreeable}]
2: not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him" [syn: {unsympathetic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
154 Moby Thesaurus words for "disagreeable": abominable, abrupt, annoying, antagonistic, antipathetic, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, bad-tempered, bearish, bitchy, bitter, blunt, brusque, cankered, cantankerous, churlish, clashing, contradictory, contrary, crabbed, cranky, cross, cross-grained, crusty, curt, cussed, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discourteous, discrepant, disgusting, disharmonious, dislikable, disobliging, displeasing, disproportionate, dissident, dissonant, distasteful, distressing, disturbing, divergent, excitable, feisty, foul-tasting, fractious, fretful, grating, grouchy, had, hostile, huffish, huffy, ill, ill-flavored, ill-humored, ill-mannered, ill-tempered, immiscible, impolite, inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonious, inhospitable, irascible, irritable, jangling, jarring, mean, morose, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, negative, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, ornery, out of accord, out of whack, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, querulous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, rude, short, sickening, snappish, snappy, sour, spiteful, spleeny, splenetic, sulky, sullen, testy, thankless, ugly, unaffectionate, unalluring, unamiable, unappealing, unappetizing, unattractive, unbenign, unbenignant, uncivil, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncongenial, uncooperative, uncordial, uncourtly, undelectable, undelicious, undesirable, unengaging, unenjoyable, unfriendly, ungenial, ungracious, unhappy, unharmonious, uninviting, unkind, unkindly, unlikable, unloving, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untasteful, untasty, unwelcome, variant, waspish, whiny, woeful
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