disagreeable
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Disagreeable people tend to behave in quarrelsome, cold and selfish ways, and the trait is reasonably stable throughout life.
From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2020
Disagreeable, arrogant and clueless, Rosenberg is no one’s idea of a quarantine companion.
From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2020
In the melting pot we call Amur’can, Disagreeable stew has been perkin’, Made from yammering yam With a thick slice of ham And a limp, insignificant gherkin.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2017
He published five or six books on the subject, with such titles as “The Dictionary of Disagreeable English,” “The Dimwit’s Dictionary” and “Robert Hartwell Fiske’s Dictionary of Unendurable English.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2016
“But when I got there,” the first voice continued, “the man said he had no paint, never had. Disagreeable man. All he had were a few colored pencils.”
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 12–22
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"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen
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