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Definition of Displease
1. Verb. Give displeasure to. "The performance is likely to displease Sue"
Specialized synonyms: Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Devil, Get At, Get To, Gravel, Irritate, Nark, Nettle, Rag, Rile, Vex, Repel, Repulse, Dissatisfy
Derivative terms: Displeasure
Antonyms: Please
Definition of Displease
1. 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.
2. v. i. To give displeasure or offense.
Definition of Displease
1. Verb. 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. ¹
2. Verb. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. ¹
3. Verb. To give displeasure or offense. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Displease
1. [v -PLEASED, -PLEASING, -PLEASES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Displease
Literary usage of Displease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"displease is not always applied to that which, personally concerns ourselves ;
although offend and vex have always more or less of what is personal in them ..."
2. Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by Thomas (Sir). Malory (1868)
"Truly, said Sir Launcelot, I trust I do not displease God, for He knoweth mine
intent, for my sorrow was not, nor is not, for any rejoicing of sin, ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1887)
"displease respects mostly tlie inn-aril state of feeling; offend and rex have
most regard to the outward cause which provokes the feeling: a ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... 'Tis true that his Goeing off did not displease the Generality of the Nation,
who did not PC Lau/.un. France. Waterford. Leinster. ..."
5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... as attentive not to displease him as I ought to have been, I know not but this
vigil might have been fulfilled; but I unluckily entered upon the ..."
6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"I suppose if anything could completely displease Mr. Bryant with this beloved
home, it would be the addition of any outward costliness, or even elegance, ..."
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