Displeasure
[dɪs'pleʒə] or [dɪs'plɛʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something.
Checker: Lorenzo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.
(n.) That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury.
(n.) State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor.
(v. t.) To displease.
Checker: Wilmer
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dissatisfaction, dislike, distaste, disapprobation.[2]. Anger, indignation, vexation, resentment, wrath.[3]. Offence, injury.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INTERPRETATION]
Checker: Lucille
Definition
n. the feeling of one who is offended: anger: cause of irritation.—v.t. (arch.) to displease offend.
Typist: Pierce
Examples
- I hope you will not think of me with displeasure now. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. Perry, said he, in a voice of very strong displeasure, would do as well to keep his opinion till it is asked for. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Selden continued with a smile: You see no such scruples restrained me; but then I haven't as much to risk if I incur your displeasure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Far be it from me, he presently continued, in a voice that marked his displeasure, to resent the behaviour of your daughter. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Sir Leicester, with his magnificent glance of displeasure at the rouge, appears to say so too. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She caught herself up at this with a miserable tremor; here was she classing his low opinion of her alongside with the displeasure of God. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Is it necessary that I should defend myself for expressing my displeasure? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Pardon me again--has contracted your displeasure, how? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- For a minute the room was very still, then John said slowly--but she could feel it cost him an effort to express no displeasure--. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- All at once she turned from me with a hasty air, almost expressive of displeasure or dislike, and spoke to him over her shoulder again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It would displeasure our benefactor if he knew a stranger was so treated in this house. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Her uncle's displeasure was terrible to her; but what could her justification or her gratitude and attachment do for him? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is a relation which you tell me is to give you great surprise; I hope at least it will not afford you any displeasure. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The same sort of difficulty is presented if we enquire how it is that certain flavours and odours give pleasure, and others displeasure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She said them slightingly, but not with displeasure. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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