as in to annoy
to make discontented
her coworkers' tendency to pry displeased her
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Recent Examples of displease
When time stops one hot summer day and the road out vanishes, not everyone is displeased with the changes, even when the sparse little woods turn into an impassable forest and the river brims with strange, seductive voices.
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Questioning edits is another tool for the president to strike back at journalists who displease him.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
From a religious perspective, King Edward IV passed these laws on the grounds that God was displeased by anything other than modest clothing – for the lower classes, anyway.
—Michael Watson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Evidently, the result displeased Kinahan’s syndicate, which seemed to have expected the horse to lose.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Questioning edits is another tool for the president to strike back at journalists who displease him.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
From a religious perspective, King Edward IV passed these laws on the grounds that God was displeased by anything other than modest clothing – for the lower classes, anyway.
—Michael Watson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Evidently, the result displeased Kinahan’s syndicate, which seemed to have expected the horse to lose.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displease
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There is no sound, and Helen begins to get annoyed.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Luis is frankly annoyed by this type of music.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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These changes to the fabric’s texture can also irritate delicate skin.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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To ensure the materials were safe for biological use, the friction layers was tested on a rabbit’s eye, where the device maintained its charge without irritating.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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His 2-3 playoff record came after a long dissatisfying postseason stretch from Chan Gailey (0-2), Bill Parcells (0-2), Phillips (1-2) and before McCarthy (1-3).—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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The poll also shows that a majority of Americans are unhappy about congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle, dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country and do not approve of the country's top leaders in the White House, Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
24 Dec. 2025
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He was also disturbed by the 2016 murder of Labour parliamentarian Jo Cox by a far-right figure associated with neo-Nazi groups who had been radicalized online.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026
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But then Detective Nathanial Saint shows up carrying disturbing news and an even more unexpected jolt of creativity.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Displease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displease. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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