as in to annoy
to make discontented
her coworkers' tendency to pry displeased her
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Recent Examples of displease
And the president's own actions — attacking judges and law firms that have displeased him — may be seen by Mr. Netanyahu as a kind of permission slip for his own efforts, analysts say.
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Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Terps, displeased with how the season went, attacked the transfer portal hard.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Dickinson shouldered the blame in the locker room, displeased with himself after scoring 11 points with six rebounds and four assists the first half and no points on 0-of-4 shooting with three rebounds, no assists and two turnovers the final half.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
In this case, among those doing the observing are both Major League Baseball, which scuttled the team’s unusual idea of hiring pedestrians for a practice squad, and the players union, which is reportedly displeased with the team’s lack of spending.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Terps, displeased with how the season went, attacked the transfer portal hard.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Dickinson shouldered the blame in the locker room, displeased with himself after scoring 11 points with six rebounds and four assists the first half and no points on 0-of-4 shooting with three rebounds, no assists and two turnovers the final half.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
In this case, among those doing the observing are both Major League Baseball, which scuttled the team’s unusual idea of hiring pedestrians for a practice squad, and the players union, which is reportedly displeased with the team’s lack of spending.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displease
Verb
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Seiders, 44, is charged with felony child pornography possession, misdemeanor annoying a child under 18, concealing a camera with intent to invade privacy and attempting to conceal a camera.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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What annoyed me was good old-fashioned stupid gameplay.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This can be particularly irritating to eczema-prone skin.—
Sierra Leone Starks,
Allure,
18 Apr. 2025
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Pairing some active ingredients can irritate the skin, and other combinations may reduce the effectiveness of the ingredients.1 1.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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The top talent who are creative, think outside the box and can run an entire department will be dissatisfied with a controlling leader.—
Jody Michael,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Like in the United Kingdom and Germany, young voters are disproportionately likely to be dissatisfied with mainstream parties and their partisanship is dramatically weaker.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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This involved manually disturbing the leg and then releasing it, capturing the resulting oscillations on high-speed video.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2025
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What Is No-Till Gardening? Simply put, no-till is an approach to gardening that avoids disturbing soil in order to preserve its structure.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Displease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displease. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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