| displease | (v) give displeasure to, Ant. please |
| displeasingly | (adv) in a displeasing manner, Example: he made displeasingly cutting remarks about his friends |
| displeasure | (n) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something |
| Displeasance | n. [ OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance. Cf. Displacency. ] Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Displeasant | a. [ OF. desplaisant, F. déplaisant. See Displease. ] Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [ Obs. ] Speed. -- |
| Displease | v. t. God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ] Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). [ 1913 Webster ] This virtuous plaster will displease Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith? Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ] I shall displease my ends else. Beau. & Fl. |
| Displease | v. i. To give displeasure or offense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Displeasedly | adv. With displeasure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Displeasedness | n. Displeasure. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Displeaser | n. One who displeases. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Displeasing | a. Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- |
| Displeasure | n. [ Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. déplaisir. Cf. Displease. ] O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ] Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn Hast thou delight to see a wretched man He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. Peacham. |
| Displeasure | v. t. To displease. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |