Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.

    The boy's rudeness displeased me.

    I felt displeased with the boy.

  2. (intransitive)To give displeasure or offense.

    give displeasure to

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To fail to satisfy; to miss of.

    missfallen

Examples

160 sentences
  1. Tom had to have been displeased.

    Том, мабуть, був незадоволений.

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  2. Tom thinks Mary will be displeased.

    Том думає, що Мері буде незадоволена.

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  3. Tom must've been displeased.

    Том, мабуть, був незадоволений.

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  4. I'm displeased with your negligence.

    Я невдоволений вашою недбалістю.

    ruЯ недоволен твоей небрежностью.

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  5. He was displeased with his neighbor.

    ruОн был раздражён своим соседом.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
to fail to please or satisfy:

Origin

English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desple

English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).

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Forms

displeases, displeasing, displeased, displeased
Base formdisplease · to displease
3rd person singulardispleases
Present participledispleasing
Past simpledispleased
Past participledispleased

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisplease
he, she, itdispleases

Past simpleLesson

all personsdispleased

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave displeased
he, she, ithas displeased

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill displease

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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