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Webster 1913 Edition


Displease

Dis-please′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Displeased
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Displeasing
.]
[OF.
desplaisir
, whence F.
déplaisir
displeasure; pref.
des-
(L.
dis-
) +
plaisir
to please. See
Please
, and cf.
Displeasure
.]
1.
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.
God was
displeased
with this thing.
1 Chron. xxi. 7.
Wilt thou be
displeased
at us forever?
Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer).
This virtuous plaster will
displease

Your tender sides.
J. Fletcher.
Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be
displeased
therewith?
Barrow.
2.
To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
[Obs.]
Syn. – To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront.

Dis-please′

,
Verb.
I.
To give displeasure or offense.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Displease

DISPLEASE

,
Verb.
T.
displeze. [dis and please.]
1.
To offend; to make angry, sometimes in a slight degree. It usually expresses less than anger, vex, irritate and provoke. Applied to the Almighty in scripture, it may be considered as equivalent to anger.
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. 1 Chronicles 21.
2.
To disgust; to excite aversion in; as, acrid and rancid substances displease the taste.
3.
To offend; to be disagreeable to. A distorted figure displeases the eye.

Definition 2024


displease

displease

English

Verb

displease (third-person singular simple present displeases, present participle displeasing, simple past and past participle displeased)

  1. 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.
    The boy's rudeness displeased me.
    • Bible, Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Book of Common Prayer)
      Wilt thou be displeased at us forever?
  2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      I shall displease my ends else.
  3. To give displeasure or offense.

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