Displease is an English word with synonyms like please. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Displease meaning
- To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
- To give displeasure or offense.
- To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Synonyms of Displease
Using Displease
- The main meaning on this page is: To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly. | To give displeasure or offense. | To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- Useful related words include: please.
- In the example corpus, displease often appears in combinations such as: to displease.
Context around Displease
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Displease
- In this selection, "displease" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, beijing, paluga and god stand out and add context to how "displease" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include it not displease you to and likely to displease beijing after. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "displease" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with displease
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
People try to avoid any action that might displease Paluga. (10 words)
Even at that, they conceded two late goals and exhibited enough sloppiness to displease them. (15 words)
The company has been on the receiving end of a backlash for quite some time now due to the displease of traders. (22 words)
The Italian verses below translate: ("Miserable in the sweat of your brow,/ It is necessary that you acquire the bread you need eat,/ But, may it not displease you to come with me,/ If you are desirous of rest."). (39 words)
Despite TikTok’s claim that the Chinese government submitted no requests for content removal, it was accused in September of advising its moderators to censor content likely to displease Beijing after The Guardian obtained and published leaked documents. (38 words)
His broken friendship with Dennis Rodman, the former basketball star he reportedly idolized as a schoolboy; the rumours about his extreme love of cheese and his allegedly creative ways of disposing of officials who displease him. (36 words)
Example sentences (9)
Munnuru Kapus can determine the fate of candidates in several constituencies in the North Telangana region and parties are careful not to displease this community.
The British government seem more reluctant to displease the arms manufacturers and their share holders rather than protecting innocent lives here and abroad and actually making inroads into banning war.
Despite TikTok’s claim that the Chinese government submitted no requests for content removal, it was accused in September of advising its moderators to censor content likely to displease Beijing after The Guardian obtained and published leaked documents.
His broken friendship with Dennis Rodman, the former basketball star he reportedly idolized as a schoolboy; the rumours about his extreme love of cheese and his allegedly creative ways of disposing of officials who displease him.
The company has been on the receiving end of a backlash for quite some time now due to the displease of traders.
Even at that, they conceded two late goals and exhibited enough sloppiness to displease them.
People try to avoid any action that might displease Paluga.
The Italian verses below translate: ("Miserable in the sweat of your brow,/ It is necessary that you acquire the bread you need eat,/ But, may it not displease you to come with me,/ If you are desirous of rest.").
They displease God and are hostile to everyone in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved.
Common combinations with displease
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to displease 4×