displease.
To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
Meaning & usage
To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
The boy's rudeness displeased me.
I felt displeased with the boy.
To give displeasure or offense.
To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Where this word comes from
English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).
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