Displease

  • 11displease — displeasingly, adv. displeasingness, n. /dis pleez /, v., displeased, displeasing. v.t. 1. to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge. v.i. 2. to be unpleasant; cause displeasure: Bad… …

    Universalium

  • 12displease — verb a) 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. b) To fail to satisfy;… …

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  • 13displease — Synonyms and related words: anger, annoy, be disagreeable, bug, chafe, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, dishearten, dissatisfy, exasperate, frustrate, infuriate, irk, irritate, miff, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 14displease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. offend, vex, annoy, irritate, disturb. See pain, discontent, resentment. Ant., please, satisfy. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. vex, provoke, annoy, offend; see anger 1 , bother 3 . III (Roget s 3… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 15displease — dis|please [ dıs pliz ] verb transitive FORMAL to annoy someone or make them angry, for example by making a mistake …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16displease — dis·please || dɪs pliːz v. annoy, irritate, anger, cause displeasure …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17displease — verb annoy or upset. Derivatives displeased adjective displeasing adjective displeasingly adverb …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18displease — v. a. 1. Offend, dissatisfy, disgust, disoblige, give offence to. 2. Provoke, irritate, vex, chagrin, affront, pique, chafe, fret, anger, nettle, make angry …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 19displease — verb I d never seen his mom when she wasn t displeased about something Syn: annoy, irritate, anger, irk, vex, pique, gall, nettle; put out, upset, aggravate, peeve, needle, bug, rile, miff; informal tee off, tick off, piss off …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 20displease — v 1. anger, incense, raise [s.o. s] ire, Sl. tick [s.o.] off, Sl. tee [s.o.] off; exacerbate, gall, rankle, envenom, embitter. 2. irritate, annoy, irk, pique, vex, peeve, nettle, chafe, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf. miff, Sl. bug, Sl.… …

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