displease

== English == === Etymology === English dis- +‎ please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪsˈpliːz/ Rhymes: -iːz Hyphenation: dis‧please === Verb === displease (third-person singular simple present displeases, present participle displeasing, simple past and past participle displeased) (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. (transitive, obsolete) To fail to satisfy; to miss of. ==== Synonyms ==== misplease ==== Antonyms ==== please ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== displeasure ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== affront anger annoy chafe disgust dissatisfy offend provoke vex === Further reading === “displease”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “displease”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “displease”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.