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the displeasure
noun
A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
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The film opened, to the displeasure of the Daily Mail, earlier this month.
Most surprising was the displeasure voiced from a campaign that emerged unscathed.
But he stayed put, and so did Biron, much to the displeasure of the crowd.
This caused an investigation, to the displeasure of my commanding officer.
Following protests by high church dignitaries, he dropped his plan, but his mercurial behaviour incurred the displeasure of the reformers.
His liberal ideas aroused the displeasure of the Indies governor-general, Sebastian Nederburgh, who imprisoned him in 1798.
After pushing into the Nashville zone early, the Rangers retreated, much to the displeasure of the fans.
It was late, I was tired and restauranted-out, and we tweaked our reservation to the displeasure of the proprietors.
The Real president sacked Ancelotti last summer, much to the displeasure of many of the senior players in the squad.
Even that employment was closed to him when he incurred the displeasure of a local British officer.
Williams, in the 1970s, like subsequent education secretaries, felt the displeasure of the teaching profession at close quarters.
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