displeased
- adjective
- /dɪsˈplizd/
- The teacher was displeased with the students' lack of preparation for the exam.
- very displeased
- extremely displeased
- obviously displeased
When I am evil, to confess to you is nothing else but to be displeased with myself.
- When I am evil, to confess to you is nothing else but to be displeased with myself.
Examples
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Pastor, you look displeased with our tolerance.
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I am highly displeased with you!
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We had no warning of this, and I am very displeased with you.
Blog text (24) -
I mentioned to him that he could phone someone to work for him, but he was displeased with this as well.
Fiction book (1993) -
I was very displeased to discover that she had other guests, a young man and woman.
Fiction book (1998) -
I decided to let him know I was displeased.
Fiction book (1997) -
You were displeased when I invited her here, weren't you?
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But the manifesto observed that junior officers were also displeased about military corruption.
Academic text (1997) -
Julius Caesar here is going to be very displeased with you, Ornshaw.
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The group gathered by the fireplace stepped back, displeased, when Pehr returned and doused the fire.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
Unhappy because something you hoped for did not happen
Feeling disappointed because you cannot do something you tried hard to do
Unhappy and annoyed because you feel unfairly treated or disappointed
Not happy because something does not meet your expectations
Causing sadness or making people feel bad
Feeling sad because something does not meet your hopes
Feeling unhappy because you did not get what you wanted
Feeling unhappy and not satisfied with your situation
Not satisfied with the present situation
Not happy with something
Antonyms
How Annoyed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word displeased comes from the part dis- meaning 'not' and please meaning 'to make happy', the same root you see in pleasant. So, displeased means 'not pleased' and is used when someone is annoyed or not happy.