Definitions of disagreeable person
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a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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synonyms:
unpleasant person
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types:
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aggravator, annoyance
an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
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alienator
an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile
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anathema, bete noire
a detested person
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bore, dullard
a person who evokes boredom
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cold fish
an aloof unemotional person
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creep, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
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critic
someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
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cynic, faultfinder
someone who is critical of the motives of others
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egoist, egotist, swellhead
a conceited and self-centered person
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grabber
an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately
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churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump
a bad-tempered person
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incubus
someone who causes great distress or anxiety
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joker, turkey
a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
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demon, devil, fiend, monster, ogre
a cruel, wicked, and inhuman person
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oppressor
a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
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nuisance, pain, pain in the neck
a bothersome annoying person
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pawer
a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner
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Goth, barbarian, boor, churl, heathen, peasant, tike, tyke
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
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pharisee
a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
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pill
a unpleasant or tiresome person
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prima donna
a vain and temperamental person
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prude, puritan
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
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bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
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flouter, jeerer, mocker, scoffer
someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
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common scold, nag, nagger, scold, scolder
someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
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selfish person
a person who is unusually selfish
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sneak
a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
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scorner, sneerer
a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
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prig, snob, snoot, snot
a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
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snorter
someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound
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disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman
a woman who is an unpleasant person
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arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
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upstart
an arrogant or presumptuous person
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vulgarian
a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
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bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
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dirt ball, insect, louse, worm
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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buzzard
an unpleasant and contemptible person, especially one who is rapacious
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troglodyte
a bad-mannered person with ignorant or outdated ideas
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authoritarian, dictator
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
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bag, old bag
an ugly or ill-tempered woman
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blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter
a very boastful and talkative person
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carper, niggler
someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way
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crab, crabby person
a quarrelsome grouch
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demoniac
someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
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depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
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dog in the manger
someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
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dragon, tartar
a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
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egocentric, egoist
a self-centered person with little regard for others
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egomaniac
an abnormally egotistical person
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exhibitionist, show-off, showboat
someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
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exploiter, user
a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
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fire-eater, hothead
a belligerent grouch
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dog, frump
a dull, unattractive, or unpleasant person
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gasbag, windbag
a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
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harridan
a scolding (even vicious) old woman
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hog, pig
a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
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know-all, know-it-all
someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
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kvetch
(Yiddish) a constant complainer
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meanie, meany, unkind person
a person of mean disposition
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megalomaniac
a pathological egotist
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miles gloriosus
a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
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misanthrope, misanthropist
someone who dislikes people in general
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monopoliser, monopolist, monopolizer
someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something
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narcissist, narcist
someone who is excessively self-centered
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nitpicker
someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms
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nudnick, nudnik
(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
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opportunist, self-seeker
a person who places expediency above principle
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platitudinarian
a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes
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popinjay
a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
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ribald
a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
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roaster
a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
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she-devil
a cruel woman
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shrew, termagant
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
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pig, slob, sloven, slovenly person
a coarse obnoxious person
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climber, social climber
someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
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stuffed shirt
a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
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switcher, whipper
a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
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persecutor, tormenter, tormentor
someone who torments
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torturer
someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
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harpy, hellcat, vixen
a malicious woman with a fierce temper
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smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer
an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
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junior
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
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elitist
one who is biased in favor of those with high status
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type of:
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persona non grata, unwelcome person
a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
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