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   displeasing

   /dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. causing annoyance or dissatisfaction; disagreeable: "it was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama"

   Derivatives

   • 1. displeasingly adverb

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   What is the meaning of displease?

   • Get a quick, free translation! DISPLEASE definition: 1. to cause someone to be annoyed or unhappy: 2. to cause someone to be annoyed or unhappy: 3. to…. Learn more.

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   Can displeasing be criticised?

   • None of these examples, displeasing though they may be, can be criticised for not conveying what the speaker or writer wanted them to convey. If offense is defined in terms of displeasing activities (independent of the reasons why they are displeasing), its potential scope is vast.

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   What happens if you displease your boss?

   • Thus, a worker who displeased their bosses could wind up homeless almost as quickly as they were rendered jobless. On many economic questions, you can negotiate compromises that please, or displease, almost everyone equally. This shift in policy has displeased some experts in the energy field.

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   What does displesen mean?

   • To cause displeasure or annoyance. [Middle English displesen, from Old French desplaire, desplais-, from Vulgar Latin *displacēre, from Latin displicēre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin placēre, to please; see please .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   When is a person displeased?

   • A person is displeased only if that person is deprived of something that that person wants or needs. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of displease?

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   How do you avoid displeasing the examiner?

   • To avoid displeasing the examiner, the candidate answered that it was the spiritual eye. On closer examination, you detected something in his face that displeased; or rather, that failed to please. They were also displeased that some products were supplied in containers that had to be shared between several farmers.

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   Displeasing is the present participle of displease, which means to cause someone to be annoyed or unhappy. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see synonyms and related words.

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   Displeasing means not giving pleasure to the mind or senses, or making someone discontented. Find synonyms, antonyms, and examples of displeasing and related words in this online thesaurus.

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   Displease means to cause someone to be annoyed or unhappy. Learn how to use this formal verb in sentences, see its synonyms and antonyms, and find out how to say it in different languages.

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   Displease is a verb that means to incur the disapproval or dislike of someone or something, or to be offensive to someone or something. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for displease.

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   Displease means to annoy, offend, or cause displeasure to someone. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms and examples from Collins English Dictionary.

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   Displeasing means causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of displeasing in English and other languages.

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   Displease means to cause someone to be annoyed or unhappy. Learn how to use this formal verb in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in different languages.