'Displease' definitions:

Definition of 'displease'

From: WordNet
verb
Give displeasure to [ant: delight, please]

Definition of 'Displease'

From: GCIDE
  • Displease \Dis*please"\, v. i. To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Displease'

From: GCIDE
  • Displease \Dis*please"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displeased; p. pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.] [OF. desplaisir, whence F. d['e]plaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis-) + plaisir to please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • God was displeased with this thing. --1 Chron. xxi. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? --Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). [1913 Webster]
  • This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
  • Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith? --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I shall displease my ends else. --Beau. & Fl.
  • Syn: To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront. [1913 Webster]