Antonyms for agreeable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-gree-uh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : əˈgri ə bəl

Definition of agreeable

Origin : late 14c., "to one's liking," from Old French agreable (12c., Modern French agréable) "pleasing, in agreement, consenting, thankful," from agreer "to please" (see agree). Related: Agreeably.

adj pleasing
adj appropriate, in keeping
adj willing to be in unison, assent

Example sentences :

They have a distinctive flavor that is agreeable to most persons.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The gridiron of Saint Lawrence is of an agreeable freshness to him.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

There is a letter, it would seem, too; and that is the only agreeable part of the matter.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

And feeling thus I may not have made myself too agreeable to Cleopatra.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

The entertainment was not as agreeable and natural as it might have been.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

The agreeable young Barnacle, and Bar, were the talkers of the party.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

There is no other message to send, I thank you, dear papa, that it would be at all agreeable to you to take.'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

In this agreeable frame of mind I entered the workhouse of Liverpool.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

The surprise was not altogether so agreeable as it ought to have been.
Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

Synonyms for agreeable

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