Displeased - Definitions from Dictionary.com

4 results for: Displeased

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

dis·please

Audio Help [dis-pleez] Pronunciation Key verb, -pleased, -pleas·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to be unpleasant; cause displeasure: Bad weather displeases.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME desplesen < AF, MF desplaisir. See dis-¹, please

]

—Related forms

dis·pleas·ing·ly, adverb

dis·pleas·ing·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Displeased

To learn more about Displeased visit Britannica.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

dis·please Audio Help   (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.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

displeased
adjective
not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure [ant: pleased]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
disˈpleased adjective

Example: She was displeased with him for being late.

Arabic:	مُسْتاء
Chinese (Simplified):	令人生气的
Chinese (Traditional):	令人生氣的
Czech:	nespokojený, rozmrzelý
Danish:	misfornøjet; utilfreds
Dutch:	misnoegd
Estonian:	pahane
Finnish:	harmissaan
French:	fâché
German:	ungehalten
Greek:	δυσαρεστημένος
Hungarian:	elégedetlen
Icelandic:	óánægður
Indonesian:	kesal
Italian:	scontento

Japanese:	腹をたてる
Latvian:	neapmierināts; aizkaitināts
Lithuanian:	nepatenkintas
Norwegian:	misfornøyd, utilfreds
Polish:	niezadowolony
Portuguese (Brazil):	ofendido
Portuguese (Portugal):	descontente
Romanian:	supărat
Russian:	недовольный
Slovak:	namrzený
Slovenian:	nejevoljen
Spanish:	ofendido
Swedish:	missnöjd, förtretad
Turkish:	gücenmiş, canı sıkılmış