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dis·please
 displease
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- pronunciation:
- dIs
pliz
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
displeases, displeasing, displeased |
| definition: |
to annoy, dissatisfy, or disappoint.
As her smile disappeared, it was clear that his comment had displeased her.If the quality of his work displeases you so much, why don't you consider firing him?The food was fairly good at the restaurant, but we were displeased with the service.- antonyms:
- delight, gratify, please
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| related words: |
disgust |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause annoyance, disappointment, or dissatisfaction; be unpleasant.
May I ask in what way I displease?- antonyms:
- delight, please
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adverb + (v.)displease
actually,
aesthetically,
also,
always,
both,
clearly,
course,
enough,
entirely,
especially,
example,
extremely,
greatly,
however,
least,
most,
much,
obviously,
often,
particularly,
reportedly,
then,
too,
undoubtedly,
when,
whenever,
why,
yet
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(v.)displease
+ noun
action,
american,
benefit,
board,
boss,
class,
committee,
community,
company,
customer,
death,
decision,
democrat,
donor,
eye,
fact,
faction,
food,
god,
government,
group,
heel,
husband,
interest,
joint,
judge,
kind,
knight,
knowledge,
look,
man,
member,
mother,
official,
organization,
parent,
part,
people,
price,
prospect,
public,
reduction,
relationship,
republican,
situation,
spirit,
story,
taste,
thought,
touch,
video,
water,
way
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| derivations: |
displeasing (adj.), displeasingly (adv.) |
The word displease
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs ( dishearten
) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disaffect, disagree, disagreeable, disallow, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapproval, disapprove, disarm, disarray, disbelief, discard, discolor, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disdain, disengage, disgrace, disgust, dishearten, dishonest, disingenuous, disintegrate, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, dismissal, disobey, disorder, disorient, disown, disparity, dispense, displace, display, displease, displeasure, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissect, dissent, dissolution, dissolve, dissonant, dissuade, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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