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displease

dis·please [ diss plz ] (past and past participle dis·pleased, present participle dis·pleas·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·pleas·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
cause annoyance: to annoy or dissatisfy somebody

[14th century. < Old French desplais-, stem of desplaire< assumed Vulgar Latin displacere< Latin placere "to please"]

dis·pleased adjective
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