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Synonyms for displeasing
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : dis-pleez |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈpliz |
Définition of displeasing
Origin :- 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.
- adj unpleasant
- In order to avoid despising or displeasing our parents, what should we not do?
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- His mother's conversation, too, had been displeasing to him.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- I shall tell you what will be displeasing and wearisome,5 yet true.
- Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato
- Then he sniffed as if the air contained an odor that was displeasing to him.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- He does what he knows would be displeasing to his parents, and he sets a bad example.
- Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
- What is pleasing to some men's taste is and ever will be displeasing to others.
- Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
- But when the game is displeasing, the maiden is strong to resist.
- Extract from : « Barn and the Pyrenees » by Louisa Stuart Costello
- He began to fear that, after all, his sacrifice had been displeasing to the queen.
- Extract from : « The Queen's Necklace » by Alexandre Dumas pre
- Is it the Senate of which Napoleon said in 1805: "The poltroons were afraid of displeasing me?"
- Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
- But his face was not displeasing, and his eyes were animated and vivid.
- Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
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