displease
About 0.29 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
The boy's rudeness displeased me.
- verb To give displeasure or offense.
- verb To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Similar words
offend upset dislike dissatisfy distaste discontent irritate disappoint disrelish kill
Often followed by
the him you me her them god us his
Word family
displeased displeases displeasing
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