"displease" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈpliːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-displease.wav Forms: displeases [present, singular, third-person], displeasing [participle, present], displeased [participle, past], displeased [past]
Rhymes: -iːz Etymology: English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere). Etymology templates: {{pre|en|dis|please}} dis- + please, {{der|en|enm|displesen}} Middle English displesen, {{der|en|xno|despleisir}} Anglo-Norman despleisir, {{der|en|fro|desplere}} Old French desplere Head templates: {{en-verb}} displease (third-person singular simple present displeases, present participle displeasing, simple past and past participle displeased)
  1. (transitive) To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-displease-en-verb-xGXWhyZF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 9 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 10 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 62 13 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 80 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 75 13 12
  2. (intransitive) To give displeasure or offense. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-displease-en-verb-fqfAtH8l Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 32 45 22
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To fail to satisfy; to miss of. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (to fail to please or satisfy): ἀπαρέσκω (aparéskō) (Ancient Greek), malplaĉi (Esperanto), tuottaa pettymys (Finnish), olla vastenmielinen (Finnish), olla pettynyt (Finnish), missfallen (German), displiceō (Latin), whakaahu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-displease-en-verb-gR7P-YZf Disambiguation of 'to fail to please or satisfy': 13 2 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: misplease Related terms: displeasure, affront, anger, annoy, chafe, disgust, dissatisfy, offend, provoke, vex

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, obsolete) To fail to satisfy; to miss of."
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      "word": "malplaĉi"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to fail to please or satisfy",
      "word": "whakaahu"
    }
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}

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