2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.]
I shall displease my ends else.
Beau. & Fl. Syn. — To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront.
Displease
(Dis*please"), v. i. To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]
Displeasedly
(Dis*pleas"ed*ly) adv. With displeasure. [R.]
Displeasedness
(Dis*pleas"ed*ness), n. Displeasure. [R.] South.
Displeaser
(Dis*pleas"er) n. One who displeases.
Displeasing
(Dis*pleas"ing), a. Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. — Dis*pleas"ing*ly,
adv. — Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.
Displeasure
(Dis*pleas"ure) n. [Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. déplaisir. Cf. Displease.]
1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that
counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Ps. vi. 1.
Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn
From his displeasure.
Milton. 2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury.
Hast thou delight to see a wretched man
Do outrage and displeasure to himself?
Shak.
3. State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor. [Obs.]
He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity.
Peacham. Syn. — Dissatisfaction; disapprobation; disfavor; distaste; dislike; anger; hate; aversion; indignation; offense.
Displeasure
(Dis*pleas"ure) v. t. To displease. [Obs.] Bacon.
Displenish
(Dis*plen"ish) v. t. To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. [Scot.]
Displicence
(Dis"pli*cence Dis"pli*cen*cy) n. [L. displicentia. See Displacency.] Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent.
[Obs.] W. Montagu.
Displode
(Dis*plode") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disploding.] [L. displodere, displosum;
dis- + plodere, plaudere, to clap, strike, beat.] To discharge; to explode.
In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder.
Milton. Displode
(Dis*plode"), v. i. To burst with a loud report; to explode. "Disploding engines." Young.
Displosion
(Dis*plo"sion) n. Explosion.
The vast displosion dissipates the clouds.
Young. Displosive
(Dis*plo"sive) a. Explosive.
