Displease

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King James Dictionary [1]

Displease, displeze. dis and please.

1. To offend to make angry, sometimes in a slight degree. It usually expresses less than anger, vex, irritate and provoke. Applied to the Almighty in scripture, it may be considered as equivalent to anger.

God was displeased with this thing therefore he smote Israel.  1 Chronicles 21 .

2. To disgust to excite aversion in as, acrid and rancid substances displease the taste. 3. To offend to be disagreeable to. A distorted figure displeases the eye.

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(1): ( v. i.) To give displeasure or offense.

(2): ( v. t.) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.

(3): ( v. t.) 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.

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