displease

Definition

To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.

Etymology

English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).

Example Sentences

• "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?"

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