displease
pronunciation
How to pronounce displease in British English:
UK [dɪsˈpli:z]
How to pronounce displease in American English:
US [dɪsˈpliz]
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- Verb:
- give displeasure to
Word Origin
- displease (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French desplais-, present tense stem of desplaisir "to displease" (13c.), from Latin displicere "displease," from dis- "not" (see dis-) + placere "to please" (see please). Related: Displeased; displeasing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Well , I can 't afford to displease my boss .
- 2. She couldn 't afford to displease her boss .
- 3. It would be prudent not to displease your higher-ups , if you ask for my advice .
- 4. Not wishing to displease her , he avoided answering the question .
- 5. But it isn 't likely to displease the u.s. government because it is in line with the goal of the group of 20 industrial and developing nations to make the chinese yuan more flexible , they added .