displeasure
part of speech
noun (displeasure — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
A feeling of being annoyed or not satisfied with someone or something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, it describes God's anger at Israel's sin, as when it sent the spies and the people wept. Interpretation: The forty years in the desert, one for each day of the spying, are read as a measured punishment for the people's lack of faith. In the primary lessons: Rather formal. Used in stories and news: someone shows displeasure with a frown, a sigh or a letter of complaint. In the Bible and old texts: «the king's displeasure» was a danger. Phrases: «show displeasure», «express displeasure», «to someone's displeasure», «incur someone's displeasure».
examples
- For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure. (Torah NUM.14.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure: (Writings PSA.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The crowd showed its displeasure by booing. tree →
- Much to my displeasure, it rained all through the holiday. tree →
- The head teacher expressed her displeasure at the mess. tree →
- The cat showed its displeasure by turning its back. tree →
- Parents wrote letters to show their displeasure about the new rules. tree →
- No one wanted to incur the king's displeasure. tree →
- Demeter exercised great severity towards those who incurred her displeasure. tree →
note
Uncountable. Formal; in speech say «annoyance», «being cross». Opposite: «pleasure». Pronounced dis-PLEZH-er.
In the corpora
- For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.
- Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:
Trees and pragmatics
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