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- Dictionarydisplease/dɪsˈpliːz/
verb
- 1. make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied: "the tone of the letter displeased him"
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to cause someone to be annoyed: The city council said it was displeased with the way the mayor had allocated parking spaces. displeasure.
to cause someone to be annoyed or unhappy: I wouldn't want to do anything to displease him. Opposites. delight. please. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate. anger. annoy. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate. hack someone off. harass. nark.
annoyed or unhappy: displeased with I am very unhappy and displeased with what I have read. displeased at He says you weren't entirely displeased at the news. See. displease. Fewer examples. He was displeased that his daughter was marrying a man just one year younger than he was. They are very displeased with me.
1. : to incur the disapproval or dislike of especially by annoying. their gossip displeases her. 2. : to be offensive to. abstract art displeases him. intransitive verb. : to give displeasure. behavior calculated to displease. Synonyms. disaffect. discontent. disgruntle. dissatisfy. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Displease definition: to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy. See examples of DISPLEASE used in a sentence.
verb. If something or someone displeases you, they make you annoyed or rather angry. Not wishing to displease her, he avoided answering the question. [VERB noun] Synonyms: annoy, upset, anger, provoke More Synonyms of displease. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
When you displease someone, you disappoint them or make them unhappy. Your dog's loud barking at 5 AM is sure to displease your neighbors. The prefix dis- is often used to signify the opposite of something, and displease is no exception: it means to do the opposite of pleasing someone.
Definition of displease verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define displease. displease synonyms, displease pronunciation, displease translation, English dictionary definition of displease. v. dis·pleased , dis·pleas·ing , dis·pleas·es v. tr. To cause annoyance or vexation to. v. intr. To cause displeasure or annoyance. dis·pleas′ing·ly adv....
displease. (dɪspliz ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense displeases, present participle displeasing, past tense, past participle displeased. transitive verb. If something or someone displeases you, they make you annoyed or rather angry.
