Displease

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  • intransitive verb. To cause annoyance or vexation to.
  • intransitive verb. To cause displeasure or annoyance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fail to please; offend; be disagreeable to; excite aversion in: as, acrid and rancid substances displease the taste; glaring colors displease the eye; his conduct displeased his relatives.
  • To fail to accomplish or satisfy; fall short of.
  • [Frequently followed by to in old English.] Synonyms To annoy, chafe, provoke, pique, fret.
  • To excite disgust or aversion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To give displeasure or offense.
  • transitive verb. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
  • transitive verb. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
  • verb. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
  • verb. To give displeasure or offense.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. give displeasure to
    • Word Usage
    ""Does the expression displease you, mademoiselle?" laughingly said the young man; "is it the word 'little,' or the word 'sister'?""
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    please  
    cross-reference
    affront  anger  annoy  chafe  disgust  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    annoy  bother  chafe  devil  dissatisfy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abdulaziz  Annamese  Aziz  Balinese  Beas  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amandus  antidiarrheal  biloba  bioactive  biogenic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affront  anger  anger  annoy  annoy  
    verb-form
    displeased  displeases  displeasing  
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