- refusal or failure to agree
- a failure to correspond
- an argument or dispute
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•a•gree•ment
(dis′ə grē′mənt),USA pronunciation n.
- the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- lack of agreement;
diversity;
unlikeness:a disagreement of colors. - difference of opinion;
dissent. - quarrel;
dissension;
argument.
- Anglo-French, Middle French desagrement. See disagree, -ment
- 1485–95
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disagreement /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt/ n
dis•a•gree /ˌdɪsəˈgri/USA pronunciation
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to fail to agree;
differ: [no object][usually: not: be + ~-ing]I'm afraid our conclusions disagree.[~ + with + object]The conclusions disagree with the facts. - to differ in opinion;
dissent:[~ + with + object]Three of the judges disagreed with the verdict. - (of the weather, food, etc.) to cause physical discomfort;
have ill effects on:[~ + with + object]Oysters disagree with me.
- Compare agree and disagree when they are followed by a clause, for example, that the earth is round. With agree two structures are possible: [~ + with + the statement/claim/etc. + (that) clause]I agree with the statement (or claim, etc.) that the earth is round; and: [~ + (that) clause]I agree that the earth is round.With disagree only one structure is possible: [~ + with + the statement/claim/etc. + (that) clause]I disagree with the statement (or claim, etc.) that the earth is round.
- disagree is a verb, disagreeable is an adjective, disagreement is a noun:I disagree with you. The weather is disagreeable. We had several disagreements but we finally reached a settlement.
dis•a•gree
(dis′ə grē′),USA pronunciation v.i., -greed, -gree•ing.
- to fail to agree;
differ:The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises. - to differ in opinion;
dissent:Three of the judges disagreed with the verdict. - to quarrel:They disagreed violently and parted company.
- to cause physical discomfort or ill effect (usually fol. by with):The oysters disagreed with her. Cold weather disagrees with me.
- Anglo-French, Middle French desagreer. See dis-1, agree
- late Middle English 1425–75
'disagreement' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
against
- balls
- brawl
- collate
- conflict
- contrariety
- contretemps
- controversy
- difference
- difficulty
- dissent
- dissension
- disunity
- divisive
- excuse
- fiddlestick
- friction
- go along
- hell
- issue
- misunderstanding
- no
- nonsense
- och
- peaceful
- pigs
- piggy
- quarrel
- question
- set to
- shake
- six
- split
- split up
- unpleasantness
- why
- altercation
- argue
- argument
- best
- bullshit
- civil
- clash
- comparator
- conflicting
- contention
- dialogue
- disaccord
- discord
- discordance