displease
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·please 
[dis-pleez] Pronunciation Key verb, -pleased, -pleas·ing.
[dis-pleez] Pronunciation Key verb, -pleased, -pleas·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge. |
| 2. | to be unpleasant; cause displeasure: Bad weather displeases. |
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| dis·please
(dĭs-plēz') Pronunciation Key
v. dis·pleased, dis·pleas·ing, dis·pleas·es v. tr. To cause annoyance or vexation to. v. intr. To cause annoyance or displeasure. [Middle English displesen, from Old French desplaire, desplais-, from Vulgar Latin *displacēre, from Latin displicēre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin placēre, to please; see please.] dis·pleas'ing·ly adv. |
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displease
c.1350, from O.Fr. desplais-, present tense stem of desplaisir "to displease," from L. displicere "displease," from dis- "not" + placere "to please." Displeasure first attested c.1470.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Displease
Dis*pla"cen*cy\, n. [LL. displacentia, for L. displicentia, fr. displicere to displease; dis- + placere to please. See Displease, and cf. Displeasance.] Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Dis*pleas"ant\, a. [OF. desplaisant, F. d['e]plaisant. See Displease.] Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [Obs.] --Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [Obs.]
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