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.
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.
Verb
give displeasure to
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
v. i.
To give displeasure or offense.
Displease
God was displeased with this thing.
Wilt thou be displeased at us forever?
This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides.
Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith?2.
I shall displease my ends else.
Displease
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 give displeasure or offense.
Usage Examples
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
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Other Usage ExamplesThere are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.
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