displease
verb/dɪsˈpliːz/
/dɪsˈpliːz/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they displease | /dɪsˈpliːz/ /dɪsˈpliːz/ |
| he / she / it displeases | /dɪsˈpliːzɪz/ /dɪsˈpliːzɪz/ |
| past simple displeased | /dɪsˈpliːzd/ /dɪsˈpliːzd/ |
| past participle displeased | /dɪsˈpliːzd/ /dɪsˈpliːzd/ |
| -ing form displeasing | /dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/ /dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/ |
- displease somebody to make somebody feel upset, annoyed or not satisfied
- The tone of the letter displeased her.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desplaisir, from des- (expressing reversal) + plaisir ‘to please’, from Latin placere.Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
displease