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To displease

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To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.

  • The boy's rudeness displeased me.

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"But I didn't want to displease Liz".

The sentence seemed to displease both sides.

Sullivan said such allusions were "sure to displease Beijing".

Whatever he does, he is bound to displease somebody.

That narrow definition is likely to displease some in the industry.

His two necessities - strict austerity and strict Republicanism are beginning to displease many of the French.

House members, too, would be loath to displease industry donors unless pushed by the leadership.

Would this displease Bob Dylan, whom I would never desire to displease?

Given the conflict's deep divisions, aspects are bound to displease all parties.

"It looks decorative," Mr. Schnabel said, which seemed to displease Mr. Schrager.

Mr. Putin appeared to displease Mr. Medvedev on Monday by harshly assailing the airstrikes by coalition forces in Libya.

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