English > displease: 1 sense > verb 1, emotionMeaning | Give displeasure to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The bad news will displease him; The performance is likely to displease Sue |
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Cause to | dislike | Have or feel a dislike or distaste for |
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Narrower | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
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dissatisfy | fail to satisfy |
repel, repulse | Be repellent to |
Opposite | please, delight | Give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
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Spanish | desagradar, disgustar, ofender |
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Catalan | desagradar, descontentar, desplaure, disgustar, ofendre |
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Nouns | displeasure | the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something |
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