displeasure
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/dɪsˈplɛʒə/(UK)
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/dɪsˈplɛʒə/(UK) · /dɪsˈplɛʒɚ/(US)
Definition of displeasure
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
“Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
“Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.”
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(uncountable, usually)That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury.
“Hast thou delight to see a wretched man / Do outrage and displeasure to himself?”
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(uncountable, usually)A state of disgrace or disfavour.
“[King Lear] charged me, on pain of their perpetual displeasure, neither to speak of him [Edgar], entreat for him, nor any way sustain him.”
“[H]ee went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for ouermuch familiaritie with a kinswoman of his.”
verb
- (archaic)To displease or offend.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French desplaisir, equivalent to dis- + pleasure. See displease.
Words you can make from displeasure
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53 words- AIRSPEED 11 pts
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