verb
Freq #37551
Meanings
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verb
to make someone feel annoyed, dissatisfied, or offended; to fail to please
His dismissive tone may displease voters who expected a serious answer.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
displeasesdispleasing
Derived forms
displeaser
Etymology
From Middle English displesen, influenced by dis- + please and borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French forms such as despleisir. The French verb ultimately combines a negative prefix with plaisir or plaire ("to please").