disagreeable

Example Sentences

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In “Hard Feelings” Mr. Smith ponders how our most disagreeable emotions can serve us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

"No matter really how disagreeable someone's speech may be, criminalising it or silencing it by force only serves as a catalyst for further hatred, suppression or polarisation," Bruce told reporters.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

They gave, for the most part, a familiar account of a collegial court whose members know how to disagree without being disagreeable.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Offensive material is disagreeable to the affronted party, but even a wounded critic might concede when such jokes are successful and exciting.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2024

Zeus liked the Trojans best, on the whole, but he wanted to be neutral because Hera was so disagreeable whenever he opposed her openly.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton