displeasev.
/dɪsˈpliːz/ 1. † b. const. to. Obsolete. [= French déplaire à, or with dative; Latin displicēre with dative.]
a. intransitive. To be displeasing, disagreeable, or offensive; to cause displeasure, dissatisfaction, or dislike.This is apparently the original use, as in French and Latin; but in later English it passes into an absolute use of the transitive sense 2.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be or become displeased [verb (intransitive)] > displease
loathec893
overthinkc1175
displeasec1400
to stick in the throat (also craw, gizzard, stomach, etc.)c1536
unsavoura1547
distastea1618
disrelish1631
to give (also cause, etc.) offence to1712
spoil sport1869
to get in bad1902
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 1 Patience is a point, þaȝ hit displese ofte.
1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms xlv. 17 He may sone dysplese and greve.
1484 W. Caxton in tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) Epil. 123 I wold demaunde a question yf I shold not displease.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum § 275 Foule sights doe rather displease, in that they excite the Memory of foule Things.
1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 729 Ev'n Spring displeases, when she shines not here.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 107 They dare to displease.
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. iii. 6 To displese to wikkede men.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 196 Þis displesiþ to sinful men.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. viii. 55 For somtyme theyr lewd lyf displesid to them seluen.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xvi. 29 That til hyr fadyr dysplesyd noucht.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlvii. 69 Thexcusacions of eue displeasid moche to god.
2. figurative.1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 54 Ile beleeue, as soone..that the Moone May through the Center creepe, and so displease Her brothers noonetide. View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. i. 13 My mirth it much displeas'd, but pleas'd my woe. View more context for this quotation1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iv. sig. G3v E. Come, you would make, me blush. Mel. I would Euadne, I shall displease my ends els.† b. reflexive and intransitive = be displeased: see 2c. Obsolete.
a. transitive. [The object represents an earlier dative: compare French cela me deplaît, cela deplaît à Dieu.] To be displeasing or disagreeable to; to excite the displeasure, dissatisfaction, or aversion of; to offend, annoy, vex, make angry.
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1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 253 If it shulde him nought displese.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1136 Þenne þou dryȝtyn dyspleses with dedes ful sore.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 20 If þai speke any thing þat displesez þe sowdan.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (1838) ii. xxxviii. 399 It displeasethe me mekelle, that ever I come hedir.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) i. ii. 12 He putte them alle to deth that displesid hym.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 83 To do synne, & displece God, & deserue peyn.
1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Diij Afrayed to speake the trewethe, lest they shulde dysplease men.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 120 You shal heare in such a kind from me As will displease you. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Jonah iv. 1 Bvt it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was very angry. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 76 Let it not displease thee good Bianca, For I will loue thee nere the lesse my girle. View more context for this quotation
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 112 This answer..much displeased him.
1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 335 When I considered her..as to her Fortune, I must confess she did not altogether displease me.
1734 J. Arbuthnot Let. Oct. 4 in J. Swift Let. (1766) iii. 192 The world, in the main, displeaseth me.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 150 The picture..is one which displeases taste.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 223 I will not oppose you, lest I should displease the company.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be or become displeased [verb (intransitive)]
mislikec1300
unlikec1300
displease1377
to be displeasedc1386
to take (a) displeasure1490
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)]
mislikea1225
displease1377
to take agrief?a1400
to take in grievinga1400
to like illc1425
to take grief witha1556
mind1562
disconceit1625
to take heinously1632
mistake1725
lump1833
thank1874
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased [verb (reflexive)]
displease1377
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 135 ‘At ȝowre preyere’, quod pacyence þo, ‘so no man displese hym’.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 422 ‘Blysful’, quoth I, ‘may þis be trwe, Dysplesez not if I speke errour’.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 160 Madame, displese you not thoughe this lady..goo before.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 269 Ȝe suld disples ȝou nocht.
c. to be displeased: to be dissatisfied, or moved to disapprobation or dislike; to be vexed; to be full of displeasure or indignation. (Expressing state rather than action: cf. displeased adj.) Const. with, at, †of, †against; also with infinitive, or clause.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be or become displeased [verb (intransitive)]
mislikec1300
unlikec1300
displease1377
to be displeasedc1386
to take (a) displeasure1490
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease
mislikeeOE
ofthinkeOE
misquemeOE
likec1175
forthinka1225
mispay?c1225
annoyc1300
there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300
unpay1340
offenda1382
to be displeasedc1386
to step or tread on the toes ofc1394
mispleasea1400
unlikea1425
edgec1450
injurea1492
discontenta1513
disdain1530
to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535
displeasure1541
mis-set?1553
dislike1578
to tread on any one's heels or toes1710
flisk1792
unentrance1834
to tread on any one's cornsa1855
umbragea1894
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 457 Beeth no thyng displesed, I yow preye.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 173 They pray him..That he will saie no contraire, Wherof the king may be displesed.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxi. 464 My cosin, be not dysplaysed of that I shall telle you.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxv. 222 Make as though ye were dyspleasyd with hym.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiiv [He] was sore displeased to se hys master made a iesting stocke.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 133 Ȝe are..displesit that We embrase nocht..ȝour new interpretationis.
1611 Bible (King James) Hab. iii. 8 Was the Lord displeased against the riuers? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 153 There's reason he should be displeas'd at it. View more context for this quotation
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 133 Cynthia also lookt pale, as displeasd with so much knavery.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 16 We should not have been displeased..to have met them with our whole Force.
1829 D'Israeli in Croker Papers 28 Jan. (1884) II So many were displeased at themselves.
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