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Variant of displease

displease Definition

dis·please (dis plēz′, dis′-)

transitive verb, intransitive verb displeased -·pleased′, displeasing -·pleas′·ing

to fail to please or to be disagreeable (to); annoy; offend; irritate

Etymology: ME displesen < OFr desplaisir < VL *displacere, for L displicere < dis-, not + placere: see please

displeased Synonyms

displeased

modif.

unhappy, vexed, annoyed; see angry, disappointed 1, dissatisfied.

displeased Usage Examples

Object

  • parent: This displeased many parents of the time, who wanted their children to do better than they ever did.

Preposition: with

  • match: Once again, Beatrix's parents were displeased with the match, but Beatrix was firm and eventually they relented.
  • way: However, they are displeased with the way their managers are treating them, and this is creating stress in their lives.

Infinitive complement

  • see: Chelsea's displeased to see him in their home.
  • find: He is displeased to find a couple in his cottage but horrified to find that they are not married.
  • have: Meg passes on the information in Judy's letter about her father and Erica is displeased not to have been told before.

Modifying Another Word

  • greatly: This kind of behavior by the media " greatly displeased " the court he said.
  • much: Much displeased with this he had his daughter condemned to death by being thrown from the top of Traprain Law.
  • very: It was then reported that they had mysteriously been found in Leyland, the miller who owned the land was very displeased.
  • so: This minority was so displeased with the elections that it decided to take no part in the rest of the elections.
  • not: Meg passes on the information in Judy's letter about her father and Erica is displeased not to have been told before.