Displeased

Examples

• Two things displeased Cedric in this speech. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Once--unknown, and unloved, I held him harsh and strange; the low stature, the wiry make, the angles, the darkness, the manner, displeased me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Everybody tittered, and I was told that Mr. Conkling was displeased. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Not that Emmy, being made aware of the honest Major's passion, rebuffed him in any way, or felt displeased with him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She was displeased at the personal character Mr. Thornton affixed to what she had said. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But I was so much displeased, that I entreated Glumdalclitch to contrive some excuse for not seeing that young lady any more. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• She was displeased; I thought unreasonably so: I thought her, on a thousand occasions, unnecessarily scrupulous and cautious: I thought her even cold. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness almost before it was possible. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Not its flippancy, father, said Mary, quickly, fearing that her mother would be displeased. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Go on, please, said Laurie, as Jo became absorbed in her work, looking a trifle displeased. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Birkin, white and diminished, looked on as if he were displeased. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Miss Bertram, displeased with her sister, led the way, and all seemed to feel that they had been there long enough. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She was displeased with his pertinacity, but did not choose to affix too much importance to her words. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• If Miss Woodhouse would not be displeased, she would rather stay at home. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I am not at all displeased that the thesis and dedication with which we were threatened are blown over, for I dislike much all sorts of mummery. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But, left her hair as it was; not displeased by the effect it had made. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He begged pardon for having displeased her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I know all that, said Tom, displeased. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Both she and Nicholas turned round at the same moment, and there stood Mr. Thornton, with a look of displeased surprise upon his face. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• On closer examination, you detected something in his face that displeased, or rather that failed to please. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She is not demonstrative; and when you see her silent, or even cool, you must not fancy her displeased; it is only a manner she has. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But the sum he exacted as a fee for my apprenticeship displeased my father, and I was taken home again. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• She grew more agitated and displeased. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Perhaps Mr. Pitt was not very much displeased at these occasional absences of his mamma-in-law. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Nay (seeing her draw back displeased), forgive me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I was going to say, impassioned: but perhaps you would have misunderstood the word, and been displeased. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I believe you are very fond of Caliphronas, said Maurice, displeased at this speech. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Well, ma'am, then you must get on in my absence as well as you can,' said Mr. Bounderby, not displeased. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I am most seriously displeased. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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