"displeasant" meaning in English

See displeasant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more displeasant [comparative], most displeasant [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French desplaisant, present participle of desplaire (“to displease”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|desplaisant}} Old French desplaisant Head templates: {{en-adj}} displeasant (comparative more displeasant, superlative most displeasant)
  1. (obsolete except as archaic) Unpleasant, disagreeable. Synonyms: displeasaunt [obsolete] Derived forms: displeasantly, displeasantness

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