displease

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone feel annoyed, dissatisfied, or offended; to fail to please

   His dismissive tone may displease voters who expected a serious answer.

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").

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