displease

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪsˈpliːz/ UK /dɪsˈpliːz/ See IPA manual

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.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make someone feel... annoydissatisfyoffend vex

Opposites

please delight satisfy

Word family

Forms displeasesdispleasing

Derived forms displeaser

Related forms displeasure displeaseddispleasingaffront provoke

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").

Topics

Actions & Processes

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