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dis⋅please

  [dis-pleez] verb, -pleased, -pleas⋅ing.
Use displease in a Sentence
–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
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dis·please   (dĭs-plēz')   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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