displease

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Infinitive
to displease

Third person singular
displeases

Simple past
displeased

Past participle
displeased

Present participle
displeasing

to 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.
  2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
  3. To give displeasure or offense.