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 | ||