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AGREEABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A temperamental disposition to be agreeable
Synonyms:
agreeability; agreeableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("agreeableness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agreeableness"):
complaisance; compliance; compliancy; deference; obligingness (a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others)
affirmativeness (the agreeable quality of one who assents)
Antonym:
disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)
Derivation:
agreeable (prepared to agree or consent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
Example:
he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age
Synonyms:
agreeableness; amenity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("agreeableness" is a kind of...):
pleasantness; sweetness (the quality of giving pleasure)
Antonym:
disagreeableness (the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant)
Derivation:
agreeable (conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature)
