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disagreeableness

Other forms: disagreeablenesses

Definitions of disagreeableness
  1. noun
    the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
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    antonyms:
    agreeableness
    pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
    types:
    abrasiveness
    the quality of being sharply disagreeable
    acridity, acridness
    the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
    unpalatability, unpalatableness
    the property of being unacceptable to the mind
    disgustingness, unsavoriness
    the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind
    type of:
    pleasantness, sweetness
    the quality of giving pleasure
  2. noun
    an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
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    antonyms:
    agreeableness
    a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
    types:
    acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness
    a rough and bitter manner
    aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity
    a natural disposition to be hostile
    contentiousness, quarrelsomeness
    an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
    bellicoseness, bellicosity
    a natural disposition to fight
    truculence, truculency
    obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
    litigiousness
    a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits
    type of:
    disposition, temperament
    your usual mood
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