displeasure
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ər noun
1.
dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
2.
discomfort, uneasiness, or pain.
3.
Archaic. a cause of offense, annoyance, or injury.
verb (used with object)
4.
Archaic. to displease.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the condition of being displeased |
| 2. | archaic |
| a. pain | |
| b. an act or cause of offence | |
| —vb | |
| 3. | an archaic word for displease |
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Example sentences
Many persons who have never heard a shot fired in anger or even mild displeasure, write about war with authority.
Anger is a natural response to frustration and/or events that cause displeasure.
Anger leads us to fight back or to signal displeasure at the violation of a social agreement.
For non-conformity the world whips you with its displeasure.
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