Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to displease
Participle: displeased
Gerund: displeasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | displease |
| you | displease |
| he;she;it | displeases |
| we | displease |
| you | displease |
| they | displease |
Perfect
| I | have displeased |
| you | have displeased |
| he;she;it | has displeased |
| we | have displeased |
| you | have displeased |
| they | have displeased |
Past
| I | displeased |
| you | displeased |
| he;she;it | displeased |
| we | displeased |
| you | displeased |
| they | displeased |
Pluperfect
| I | had displeased |
| you | had displeased |
| he;she;it | had displeased |
| we | had displeased |
| you | had displeased |
| they | had displeased |
Future
| I | will displease |
| you | will displease |
| he;she;it | will displease |
| we | will displease |
| you | will displease |
| they | will displease |
Future Perfect
| I | will have displeased |
| you | will have displeased |
| he;she;it | will have displeased |
| we | will have displeased |
| you | will have displeased |
| they | will have displeased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | displease |
| you | displease |
| he;she;it | displease |
| we | displease |
| you | displease |
| they | displease |
Perfect
| I | have displeased |
| you | have displeased |
| he;she;it | have displeased |
| we | have displeased |
| you | have displeased |
| they | have displeased |
Imperfect
| I | displeased |
| you | displeased |
| he;she;it | displeased |
| we | displeased |
| you | displeased |
| they | displeased |
Pluperfect
| I | had displeased |
| you | had displeased |
| he;she;it | had displeased |
| we | had displeased |
| you | had displeased |
| they | had displeased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would displease |
| you | would displease |
| he;she;it | would displease |
| we | would displease |
| you | would displease |
| they | would displease |
Perfect
| I | would have displeased |
| you | would have displeased |
| he;she;it | would have displeased |
| we | would have displeased |
| you | would have displeased |
| they | would have displeased |
Imperative
| you | displease |
| we | Let's displease |
| you | displease |
Verbs conjugated like 'displease'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'displease'
misplease,
disease,
disleave,
dispense,
disperse,
displace,
displeasure,
complease,
disbase,
disblame,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause anger
- aggravate, anger, annoy, grill, irritate, vex
- worry
- perplex, chagrin, bother, dissatisfy, anger, vex, provoke, annoy
Antonyms
- worry
- please, amuse, soothe, gratify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1350, from O.Fr.
desplais-, present tense stem of
desplaisir "to displease," from L.
displicere "displease," from
dis- "not" +
placere "to please."
Displeasure first attested c.1470.
2. English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere). See: Old French '
desplere'.
Sample Sentences
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The boy's rudeness displeased me.
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I felt displeased with the boy.
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Wilt thou be displeased at us forever: and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another? [1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Psalms, Sixteenth Day, Evening Prayer”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:]
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How can an operator be, at the same time, top for overall satisfaction and bottom for value for money? I turned to Anthony Smith for the answer, leaning on his 20 years running Transport Focus and its predecessors.
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It's commuters, he explained. "You can't please commuters, you can only not displease them." [2024 October 2, Philip Haigh, “Different types of passengers require different types of fare”, in RAIL, number 1019, page 54:]
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I shall displease my ends else. [c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:]