Displeasure is an English word with synonyms like dissatisfaction or annoyance. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Displeasure in a sentence
Displeasure meaning
- A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
- That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury.
- A state of disgrace or disfavour.
Synonyms of Displeasure
Using Displeasure
- The main meaning on this page is: A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval. | That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury. | A state of disgrace or disfavour.
- Useful related words include: dissatisfaction, annoyance, chafe, vexation.
- In the example corpus, displeasure often appears in combinations such as: their displeasure, displeasure with, his displeasure.
Context around Displeasure
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Displeasure
- In this selection, "displeasure" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, expressed, deep, expresses and writing stand out and add context to how "displeasure" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and expressed displeasure over management and and expressed displeasure over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "displeasure" sits close to words such as adolescent, agnes and amp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with displeasure
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Djelantik expressed deep displeasure, writing on Instagram, “So disrespectful. (9 words)
Man expresses displeasure after Portable retrieved car from Yung Duu. (10 words)
A lot of Ghanaians have registered their displeasure with the video. (11 words)
Following Luke’s escape on Bespin, and despite his master’s summons, Vader embarked upon a mission to track down and punish all those who covered up the boy’s existence, to the true Dark Lord of the Sith’s displeasure. (41 words)
It expresses its displeasure, in a series of attacks and threats, about the Alpha Quadrant powers exploring the Gamma Quadrant after the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole, and warns the Federation to stay on its side of the anomaly. (39 words)
Already on the power play, McGurn was taken down on a short-handed break with no penalty call and was assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after voicing his displeasure to referee Sean Reid. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the match, Guardiola explained that it was an optimal line-up for such an opponent, but we think he decided to show his displeasure to the first-team players.
A lot of Ghanaians have registered their displeasure with the video.
Already on the power play, McGurn was taken down on a short-handed break with no penalty call and was assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after voicing his displeasure to referee Sean Reid.
Andrew Boddie attended the town’s community council meeting and voiced his displeasure at the plans.
California lawmakers are concerned about the health of transportation agencies and some have expressed displeasure at the de-emphasis on transit spending in Newsom’s budget.
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh): Amid endless complaints about veterinary hospital in Dewas, MLA Gayatri Raje Puar inspected the hospital on Wednesday and expressed displeasure over management.
Diggs made his displeasure with the team clear, and was even mentioned in trade rumors this offseason after some cryptic lingo on social media turned up the heat on his team.
Djelantik expressed deep displeasure, writing on Instagram, “So disrespectful.
During the meeting, the governors expressed their displeasure over the “hasty nature” of the cashless policy and its management by the apex bank.
Following Luke’s escape on Bespin, and despite his master’s summons, Vader embarked upon a mission to track down and punish all those who covered up the boy’s existence, to the true Dark Lord of the Sith’s displeasure.
Getting the run in an extraordinarily close play at home plate, the coach of the Phenoms came out and expressed his displeasure about the umpire’s safe call.
However, in a recent update, broke her silence over the rumours as she expressed displeasure at netizens making up rumours about her.
I didn’t see that coming, and the crowd voiced their displeasure.
I expect the Celtics to go far, and, if they do, I’m guessing any displeasure would melt faster than ice cream on a hot day.
If the former Longhorns running back lasts this long, this could make sense in light of Ekeler’s displeasure with the lack of a contract extension.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Divisional Commissioner Mal Singh Bhaydiya reached Government Cancer Hospital for a surprise inspection and expressed displeasure over the stock of medicines in the hospital.
It expresses its displeasure, in a series of attacks and threats, about the Alpha Quadrant powers exploring the Gamma Quadrant after the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole, and warns the Federation to stay on its side of the anomaly.
Man expresses displeasure after Portable retrieved car from Yung Duu.
Members shared their displeasure that pupils could have their education negatively affected when the newly built Rosehill High School in Wallyford would have the capacity to host the pupils.
Musk has previously expressed displeasure at artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, using Twitter's data to train their large language models.
Common combinations with displeasure
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- their displeasure 52×
- displeasure with 42×
- his displeasure 41×
- expressed displeasure 39×
- displeasure over 31×
- displeasure at 27×
- her displeasure 11×
- displeasure and 10×
- displeasure of 8×
- displeasure about 7×