displease
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Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, despler, from Old French desplere, from des- + plere.
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displease (third-person singular simple present displeases, present participle displeasing, simple past and past participle displeased)
- 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.
- To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- To give displeasure or offense.
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- displease in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- displease in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- displease at OneLook Dictionary Search
