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displeasing

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dis·please  (ds-plz)
v. dis·pleased, dis·pleas·ing, dis·pleas·es
v.tr.
To cause annoyance or vexation to.
v.intr.
To cause annoyance or displeasure.
[Middle English displesen, from Old French desplaire, desplais-, from Vulgar Latin *displacre, from Latin displicre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin placre, to please; see please.]
dis·pleasing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance"
Translations
displeasing [dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ] ADJ → desagradable
displeasing
adj → unangenehm; to be displeasing to somebody → jdm missfallen or nicht gefallen; (= annoy) → jdn verstimmen or verärgern; the idea was not displeasing to her → der Gedanke war ihr gar nicht so unangenehm
displeasing [dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ] adj displeasing (to) → sgradevole (a)
displeasing [dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ] adj displeasing (to) → sgradevole (a)


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President Barbicane, however, less sensitive to these wonders, was in haste to press forward; the very luxuriance of the country was displeasing to him.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
- There was something either in that smile or the recollections it awakened that was particularly displeasing to her, for she suddenly assumed again that proud, chilly look that had so unspeakably roused my aversion at church - a look of repellent scorn, so easily assumed, and so entirely without the least distortion of a single feature, that, while there, it seemed like the natural expression of the face, and was the more provoking to me, because I could not think it affected.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
But the subject was evidently not displeasing to Doyle, and after a short pause he resumed:
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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