English verb: displease | |||
1. | displease (emotion) give displeasure to | ||
Examples | The bad news will displease him, The performance is likely to displease Sue | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, dissatisfy, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, repel, repulse, rile, vex | ||
Cause | dislike | ||
Antonyms | delight, please | ||