disagreeing
present participle of
disagree
Meaning of disagreeing in English
[ + that ] Few people would disagree that something should be done to reduce crime in the area.
I profoundly/strongly disagree with (= do not accept) the decision that has been made.
Opposite
- argueThe kids are always arguing about something.
- have an argumentI had an argument with my sister.
- fightThe two sides continue to fight over control of the assembly.
- quarrelStop quarrelling, you two!
- rowUK My parents were always rowing about money.
- squabbleThey are still squabbling over who will get the big office.
- I sympathize with the general aims of the party, but on this particular issue I'm afraid I disagree.
- Let's not disagree for the sake of a few pounds.
- Certain members of the audience may disagree with what I'm about to say.
- Many of us in the editorial department disagree with the changes that are happening.
- We disagree on most things, but on this question we are at one with each other.
- agent provocateur
- alienate
- alienated
- argue with someone
- argumentatively
- bone
- conflict
- cross swords idiom
- flame
- hammer
- lock horns idiom
- piggy in the middle
- provocateur
- quarrel
- says who? idiom
- set someone against someone
- shadowbox
- shadowboxing
- the fur flies idiom
- throw
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Phrasal verb
Examples of disagreeing
disagreeing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We might even expect disagreeing parties to engage in protracted talk about the quality of the merchandise until some common ground or resolution was reached.
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I am absolutely certain that people would split into two sharply disagreeing camps if this became a possibility.
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Instead of disagreeing with each other, it turns out that people talk past each other.
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Vegetarianism is also disputed with some saying that eggs constitute meat and others disagreeing.
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So we can disagree about the extension-fixing criteria for "law" without disagreeing about the criteria of legality in our community.
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I am grateful to many participants for disagreeing with me, and to others for their solidarity.
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It is not merely a matter of disagreeing about plausible speculations.
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She would not so much be disagreeing with the lifeguard as unaware of the lifeguard's perspective.
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I also found myself disagreeing with particular judgements.
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The aspects of concluding and disagreeing later became stronger and developed into independent functions.
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The two economists nonetheless may hold very different political views, disagreeing on the overall scope of policy and political philosophy.
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While disagreeing about how to explain off-line modification, they agree that nonhumans share social mechanisms used in language.
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Pro-democratic responses are defined as disagreeing with the first three items and agreeing with the fourth.
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I think that it is in fact quite easy to see what else they could be disagreeing about.
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The disagreeing judge has no point in trying to convince the other to reach her conclusion from the other judge's starting point.
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