displease en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /dɪsˈpliːz/
Etymology
English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).
Meanings
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(transitive) To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
How can an operator be, at the same time, top for overall satisfaction and bottom for value for money? I turned to Anthony Smith for the answer, leaning on his 20 years running Transport Focus and its predecessors. It's commuters, he explained. "You can't please commuters, you can only not displease them."
2024 October 2, Philip Haigh, “Different types of passengers require different types of fare”, in RAIL, number 1019, page 54:The boy's rudeness displeased me.
I felt displeased with the boy.
Wilt thou be displeased at us forever: and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?
1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Psalms, Sixteenth Day, Evening Prayer”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
- (intransitive) To give displeasure or offense.
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(obsolete, transitive) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
I shall displease my ends else.
c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| displeased | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| displeased | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| displeasing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| displeases | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Relateds
provoke · anger · chafe · dissatisfy · affront · displeasure · vex · annoy · disgust · offend
Synonyms
Translations (16)
la displiceō (to fail to please or satisfy) · es desplacer (to fail to please or satisfy) · es desazonar (to fail to please or satisfy) · fi olla vastenmielinen (to fail to please or satisfy) · mi whakaahu (to fail to please or satisfy) · grc ἀπαρέσκω (to fail to please or satisfy) · es disgustar (to fail to please or satisfy) · es desagradar (to fail to please or satisfy) · fi olla pettynyt (to fail to please or satisfy) · de missfallen (to fail to please or satisfy) · eo malplaĉi (to fail to please or satisfy) · pl drażnić (to fail to please or satisfy) · pl denerwować (to fail to please or satisfy) · pl zdenerwować (to fail to please or satisfy) · es displacer (to fail to please or satisfy) · fi tuottaa pettymys (to fail to please or satisfy)