disagreeablenessn.
/ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəblnəs/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈɡriəbəlnəs/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun]
discordance1340
variancec1374
discorda1387
disconvenience?a1425
unsuingc1425
disaccordancec1436
unaccordancec1449
inconveniencec1460
discrepancea1464
difformness1547
disagreeance1548
disagreeing1548
jar1548
disagreement1551
disagreeableness1570
dissonancy1584
discordancy1587
discoherencea1600
disconveniency1601
disharmonya1602
dissent1603
dissonancea1604
incongruency1604
incongruence1610
incongruity1612
discongruity1624
inconformity1625
discorrespondencya1641
inconsonancy1650
inconsistence1651
dissidy1657
unagreeableness1658
discomposure1659
disconsonancy1659
uncorrespondency1659
inconveniency1662
unconsonancy1665
incorrespondence1667
oddness1680
inconsistency1699
incongruousness1727
irreconcilementa1737
discrepancy1748
incoincidence?1798
inaccordance1808
inconsonance1811
inaccordancy1817
incorrespondency1817
cacophony1831
divergence1837
disaccord1871
1570 A. Golding tr. D. Chytræus Postil 99 Notwithstanding that they disagree among them selues in keeping the fast,..the disagreeablenesse of the Fast hathe not broken the agreement.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Incongruity A disagreeableness, an unfitness.
1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xxiv. 828 Remove and conquer that disagreeableness, that is betwixt my nature, and thy harmony.
a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 212 Its Disagreeableness to the Eternal Rules of Right Reason.
1777 H. Taylor Full Answer to View Internal Evid. Christian Relig. 82 Of the strict obligation to Virtue as the dictate of the rational Faculty, and of the utter disagreeableness of the contrary to that secret principle.
2. The state or quality of being disagreeable; unpleasantness. Also: an unpleasant feature or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness
loathnessc1175
offencec1425
noisomeness1506
unlusta1529
unpleasantness1546
displeasantness1547
discomfortableness1585
unlovelinessa1586
illnessc1595
unwelcome1603
unpleasingness1611
offensiveness1618
injucundity1623
disagreeableness1648
displeasingnessa1652
undelightfulness1653
distastefulness1654
beeishness1674
undesirableness1675
uncomfortableness1677
ungratefulnessa1680
unwelcomeness1682
nastiness1718
unkedness1727
disagreeability1788
unpleasantry1799
unpleasantry1810
grit1876
1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. xvii. §1 Many who have figured Solitude..have sought to sweeten all they could the disagreeableness.
a1672 P. Sterry Disc. Freedom of Will (1675) i. 114 All the Disagreeablenesses and Melancholies of night.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvi. 99 Look upon that man—see but the disagreeableness of his person.
1782 N. Power Let. 21 Oct. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) III. 1289 I..hope to Accomodate a settlement without the disagreeableness of a Law Suit.
1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 4 With all its manifold disagreeablenesses (to coin a word), it must be grappled with boldly.
1861 R. Swinhoe Narr. N. China Campaign 1860 9 There was just that amount of disagreeableness that usually occurs among Englishmen who are strangers to one another.
1919 Evening News (Connersville, Indiana) 28 June 3/3 Against plain every-day disagreeableness we seldom moralize and never legislate.
1961 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 10 Jan. 4/2 There are certain disagreeablenesses that parties to a marriage must bear with patient endurance.
1978 J. Lees-Milne Diary 29 May in Through Wood & Dale (1998) 260 The last years of her life have been ruined by the disagreeableness of her two gardeners.
2002 Herald (Glasgow) 30 Apr. 16 Despite his protests that he hated the disagreeableness of divorce, his second marriage was soon over.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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