displease
Meaning
- (transitive) To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
- (intransitive) To give displeasure or offense.
- (obsolete, transitive) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Synonyms
disgruntle
incur displeasure
revot
make sulky
Translations
desagradar
déplaire
missfallen
mishagenFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪsˈpliːz/
Etymology
English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).
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