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Definition: Disagreeable |
DisagreeableAdjective1. Not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood". 2. Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disagreeable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: DisagreeableSynonym: unsympathetic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: agreeable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dislike | Disliked; Verb: uncared for, unpopular; out of favor; repulsive, repugnant, repellant; abhorrent, insufferable, fulsome, nauseous; loathsome, loathful; offensive; disgusting; Verb: disagreeable c. (painful). |
Hate | Obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting; (disagreeable); reprehensible. |
Pain | Adjective: causing pain, hurting; Verb: hurtful; (bad); painful; dolorific, dolorous; unpleasant; unpleasing, displeasing; disagreeable, unpalatable, bitter, distasteful; uninviting; unwelcome; undesirable, undesired; obnoxious; unacceptable, unpopular, thankless. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable. (Se7en; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker) He was in no way disagreeable. (Emma; writing credit: Douglas McGrath) Henry! What a disagreeable surprise (My Fair Lady; writing credit: George Bernard Shaw; Alan Jay Lerner) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | The first mile-stone to being a good citizen is learning how to disagree without being disagreeable. |
Duc de La Rochefoucauld | Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful. |
Henry James | Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. |
John Keats | The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. |
John Kenneth Galbraith | Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. |
Samuel Johnson | Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them. |
| Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him. | |
W. S. Gilbert | I love my fellow creatures -- I do all the good I can -- yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man! |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She will be disagreeable in infancy, and correct herself as she grows older |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Unless people are more than commonly disagreeable, it is my foolish habit to contract a kindness for them |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Nothing could have been more unlooked for, more surprising, and, we must say, more disagreeable. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I had many acquaintance among persons of the best fashion, and being always attended by my interpreter, the conversation we had was not disagreeable. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TELEPHONE, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | I told it as it was to the American people and demonstrated to the world that in our spirited political competition, as in this chamber, Americans can disagree without being disagreeable. |
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| "Disagreeable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disagreeable" is used about 189 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 189 | 22,353 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "disagreeable": disagreeable c ♦ disagreeable chore ♦ disagreeable person ♦ disagreeable task ♦ disagreeable woman. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "disagreeable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i vrenjtur (cloudy, dismal, lowering, overcast, saturnine), i papëlqyeshëm (bitter, distasteful, harsh, indecent, invidious, nasty, undesirable), i padashur (fancy-free, unloved, unwelcome, unwished). (various references) | |
Arabic | كريه (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, bad, brackish, cursed, detestable, distasteful, foul, frightful, hateful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, objectionable, odious, offensive, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, seamy, sickening, sour, ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unwholesome, wicked), مزعج (aggravating, annoying, bore, bothering, bothersome, disquieting, disturber, disturbing, galling, grating, harsh, horrid, importunate, importune, intruder, irksome, irritating, mean, mischievous, offensive, pain in the neck, pestilential, plaguy, provoking, terrible, tiresome, troubled, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wicked, worrisome), مضايق (annoying, bothersome, disturbing, irksome, irritating, tease, teaser, troublesome, vexatious, vexing), سيء الطبع (perverse). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неприятен (annoying, chronic, clammy, displeasing, distasteful, hairy, hideous, hoggish, inconvenient, invidious, irksome, nasty, objectionable, painful, plaguesome, plaguy, repugnant, sour, tiresome, troublesome, ugly, unagreeable, unappetizing, uncongenial, uncool, undesirable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, untoward, unwelcome, vinegary, wicked), намусен (dour, huffish, huffy, pouty, sulky), противен (abhorrent, abominable, adverse, bastard, contrary, cross, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, loud, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repugnant, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous). (various references) | |
Chinese | 不愉快 (unpleasant). (various references) | |
Czech | protivný (aggravating, beastly, bitchy, hateful, horrid, irksome, lousy, molestful, nasty, noisome, obnoxious, odious), nepříjemný (annoying, awkward, difficult, embarrassing, irksome, irritating, miserable, nasty, objectionable, sticky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uncongenial, uneasy, unpleasant, unsavory, untoward, vexatious). (various references) | |
Finnish | vastenmielinen (displeasing, obnoxious, repugnant, repulsive, unpleasant), epämiellyttävä (displeasing, distasteful, unattractive, unpleasant). (various references) | |
French | désagréable (dismal, distasteful), fâcheux (distempering). (various references) | |
German | unangenehm (awkward, disagreeably, disconcerting, displeasing, embarrassing, grating, invidious, mawkish, nasty, objectionably, painful, tough, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, uncomfortably, uncongenial, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasantly, unpleasing, unwelcome, upsetting). (various references) | |
Greek | δυσάρεστοσ (displeasing, nasty, noisome, objectionable, ungracious, unpleasant, unsatisfactory). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לא עים (bad, distasteful, unpleasant). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ellenszenves (antipathetic, antipathetical, antipathic, distasteful, effing, obnoxious, repugnant, repulsive, sodding, unlovely), kellemetlen (awkward, bad, bothersome, churlish, crabby, cumbersome, cumbrous, disappointing, displeasing, effing, evil, galling, grotty, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inconvenient, irksome, jarring, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, pesky, pestilent, pestilential, plaguy, poisonous, to be in a hole, trying, unaffected, ungracious, unlovely, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, untoward). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tak enak (unkind). (various references) | |
Italian | dispiacévole (displeasing, unpleasant, unpleasing), sgradevole (bad, bleak, dismal, distasteful, dreary, ghastly, grisly, horrible, invidious, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unsightly), scostante (standoffish, unpleasant), antipatico (invidious, unpleasant, unsympathetic). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 嫌 (detestable, reluctant, unpleasant). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うとましい (adverse, unpleasant, unsympathetic), いやらしい (detestable, dirty, disgusting, indecent, lascivious, lewd, repulsive, unpleasant), いや (detestable, nay, no, reluctant, unpleasant, well, yes), いとわしい (detestable). (various references) | |
Manx | neuhaitnyssagh (displeasing), meehaitnyssagh (charmless, displeased, displeasing, ill-pleased, objectionable, unacceptable, unattractive, uncongenial, uncongenial as job, unenjoyable), groamagh (bad-tempered, bearish, bleak, bleak of weather, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressive, dour, forbidding, gloomy, glum, grim, gruff, mopish, morose, prospects, prospects), saturnine, sombre, sorry, stern, sullen, surly), granganagh (cantankerous, captious, cattish, catty, churlish, crabbed, crabbed of person, crabby, cross, cross annoyed, cynical, fractious, fretful, grumpy, ill-humoured, ill-natured, ill-tempered, niggly person, peevish, snappy). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ubehagelig (bleak, dismal, dreary, ghastly, grisly, horrible, nasty). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isagreeableday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desagradável (bad, beastly, bleak, brackish, crabbed, desagreeable, disgusting, dismal, displeasing, distasteful, dreadful, dreary, fearful, forbidding, foul, frightful, ghastly, grisly, horrible, invidious, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, seamy, ugly, uncomfortable, uncongenial, undesirable, ungrateful, unlovely, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unthankful, untoward, unwelcome, unwished), enfadonho (arid, barren, boring, bothersome, difficult, drab, dull, fastidious, humdrum, insipid, lengthy, monotone, monotonous, muzzy, pesky, preachy, prolix, prosy, repetitious, soporific, stodgy, tedious, tiresome, untoward, vapid, vexing, wearisome, weary). (various references) | |
Romanian | dizgraţios (disgraceful, displeasing, ungainly, ungraceful, unsightly), dezagreabil (displeasing, distasteful, unfriendly, unpleasant), urâcios (disgusting, grumpy, hideous, repugnant, repulsive, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly, vicious, villainous, wicked), supãrãri, scârbos (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, bloody, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, foul, fulsome, ghastly, loathsome, loathsomely, nasty, nauseous, repugnant, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant, verminous, vile), respingãtor (abhorrent, awful, awfully, dreadful, dreadfully, forbidding, foul, fulsome, hideous, infamous, obnoxious, obscene, odious, odiousness, offensive, pestilent, rebarbative, repellent, repulsive, repulsively, scurvy, unprepossessing, verminous), neplãcut (acrid, annoying, bad, beastly, bothersome, brackish, dark, dreadful, forbidding, hard, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, niggling, objectionable, obnoxious, obnoxiously, offensive, offensively, provoking, snuffy, sorry, ugly, unlucky, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unwelcome), neplãceri (rough), ingrat (ungrateful, unpleasing). (various references) | |
Russian | неприятный (dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, galling, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, plaguesome, plaguy, repellent, rotten, ugly customer, unagreeable, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungrateful, unlovable, unlovely, unpalatable, unpleasant, wampus). (various references) | |
Scottish | searbh (acrid, bitter, pungent, sour). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | neprijatan (awkward, harsh, nasty, offensive, unagreeable, uncongenial, unflattering, ungracious, unkind, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury), nemio (ugly, ungraceful, unlovely, unpleasant), neljubazan (disobliging, thoughtless, unaffable, unfriendly, unkind, unobliging). (various references) | |
Spanish | desagradable (bloody minded, displeasing, distasteful, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, ornery, painful, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) | |
Swedish | otrevlig (bleak, dismal, dreary, exasperating, fierce, ghastly, grisly, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, snotty, uncongenial, unpleasant), obehaglig (awkward, bleak, dismal, dreary, ghastly, grisly, horrible, nasty, offensive, queasy, sticky, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpleasant). (various references) | |
Thai | หยาบคาย (caddish, ill-bred, indecency, indecent, mucky, neanderthal, ribald, robustious, rough, rude, swinish), ซึ่งมีอารม"์เสีย. (various references) | |
Turkish | uygun olmayan (improper, inadaptable, inappropriate, inapt, unadaptable, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited), tatsız (arid, chippy, distasteful, dull, dusty, flat, flavorless, flavourless, frail, insipid, milk and water, objectionable, queasy, savorless, savourless, sticky, tame, tasteless, ugly, unamusing, uncomfortable, uncongenial, ungracious, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsweetened, unwelcome, vapid, watery), nahoş (displeasing, distasteful, graceless, grating, repellent, repelling, unlikable, unlikeable, unpleasant), kavgacı (aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combatant, combative, contentious, disputatious, fighter, litigious, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ruffian, scrappy, spoiling for a fight, turbulent, warlike, wrangler), huysuz (acrimonious, as cross as two sticks, bad tempered, bilious, cantankerous, churlish, crabbed, crabby, crank, cranky, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, crusty, cursed, difficult, disgruntled, doggish, farouche, fractious, fretful, gnarled, grouchy, gruff, grumbling, grumpy, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, liverish, mean, Moody, out of humour, out of sorts, peeved, peevish, peppery, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quarrelsome, querulous, ratty, rusty, shirty, snappish, spleenful, spleenish, splenetic, stroppy, sulky, surly, tetchy, thrawn, ugly, untoward, vicious, vixenish, waspish, wildcat, wrongheaded), hoş olmayan (objectionable, ungracious, unlikable, unlikeable, unpalatable, unpleasant), can sıkıcı (aggravating, annoying, boring, bothersome, chippy, displeasing, embarrassing, painful, provoking, soul-destroying, soulless, sullen, tedious, unexeciting, vexatious, worrisome, worrying). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ylalaюyksyz, mдhirsiz (unpleasant). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | непри"мності (anxieties, grames, sorrows), непри"мний (acerbic, bad, beastly, brackish, displeased, displeasing, distasteful, grisly, hack, importune, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, painful, plaguy, poor, provoking, snooty, tedious, ugly, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unlovable, unloveable, unlovely, unpleasant, unwelcome). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khó chịu (accursed, accurst, annoyed, beastly, colour, devil, displeasing, distasteful, incommodious, nasty, noisome, obnoxious, obtrusive, plaguesome, queer, tiresome, unacceptable, unpleasant, unpleasing, vile, vinegar), không vừa ý khó chịu, gắt gỏng (crossly, ill-tempered, snappish, snappy, surly, waspish). (various references) | |
Welsh | cas (aversion, enemy, foe, hateful, hater, hatred, nasty, odious), annymunol (unpleasant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acharis, incommodus, ingratus, molestus, odiosa, odiosae, odiosam, odiosum, odiosus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disagreeable": disagreeableness, disagreeablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Disagreeable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desagreable, disagreable, disagreebale. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disagreeable" (pronounced di'sugrē"ubul) |
| 8 | -u g r ē" u b u l | agreeable. |
| 5 | -ē" u b u l | foreseeable, unforeseeable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-e-g-i-l-r-s" | |
-3 letters: agreeable, begirdles, bigarades, desirable. | |
-4 letters: abridges, abseiled, algebras, bedrails, begirdle, beladies, besieged, besieger, bigarade, bleeders, brigades, degrease, disagree, elegised, erasable, gasalier, gaselier, gradable, laagered, radiable, raisable, readable, realised, released, resailed, resealed, rideable, salaried, sidereal. | |
-5 letters: abelias, abiders, abrades, abridge, aediles, aerials, airbags, alegars, algebra, arables, argalis, badgers, bailees, bailers, baldies, bareges, bargees, basilar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-e-g-i-l-r-s" | |
+4 letters: disagreeableness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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