disagreeableness
Quality of irritating
Disagreeableness is the quality of being unpleasant or difficult to deal with.
It can describe a person's temperament—someone prone to arguing, complaining, or refusing cooperation: His disagreeableness made him hard to work with.
It also applies to things: the disagreeableness of a task, a smell, or a situation.
Proneness to agitation
- grouchinessIll-tempered state
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
surliness · churlishness · testiness · petulance · grumpiness · crossness · ill-temper · sourness
Disagreeable quality or situation
- offensivenessQuality of causing affront
- obnoxiousnessState of being insufferable
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
- incivilityRude or impolite behavior
boorishness · discourtesy · abrasiveness · tactlessness · ungraciousness · unkindness · nastiness · meanness
Refusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
pigheadedness · mulishness · bullheadedness · obduracy · recalcitrance · uncooperativeness · perversity · contrariness
Unpleasantly sharp-smelling
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- acerbicSharp and biting
- acrimoniousBitterly antagonistic in tone
biting · sharp · cutting · mordant · astringent · harsh · stinging · vitriolic
Causing moral revulsion
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
- objectionableDeserving disapproval or protest
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
- repellentCauses strong aversion
unpalatable · unsavory · displeasing · unwelcome · repulsive · revolting · unappealing · offensive
irritability
Proneness to agitation
- grouchinessIll-tempered state
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
peevishness · surliness · churlishness · testiness · petulance · grumpiness · crossness · ill-temper · sourness · moroseness
unpleasantness
Disagreeable quality or situation
- offensivenessQuality of causing affront
- obnoxiousnessState of being insufferable
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
incivility · boorishness · discourtesy · abrasiveness · tactlessness · ungraciousness · unkindness · nastiness · meanness · spitefulness
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
willfulness · pigheadedness · mulishness · bullheadedness · obduracy · recalcitrance · uncooperativeness · perversity · contrariness · doggedness
acrid
Unpleasantly sharp-smelling
acrimonious · biting · sharp · cutting · mordant · astringent · harsh · stinging · vitriolic · trenchant
distasteful
Causing moral revulsion
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
- objectionableDeserving disapproval or protest
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
repellent · unpalatable · unsavory · displeasing · unwelcome · repulsive · revolting · unappealing · offensive · obnoxious
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- bad traitsmeanness, rudeness, cruelty, dishonesty, hostility
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
disagreeablenessagreeableness
Pleasant, cooperative nature
pleasantness · amiability · affability · geniality · congeniality
disagreeablenessagreeability
Disposition toward harmony
pleasantness · amenity · agreeableness · enjoyableness · delightfulness
agree, agreement, disagree, agreed, agreeing, agreeable, disagreement, disagreeing, disagreeable