displeased

«displeased» in Mova's school dictionary: Annoyed or unhappy about something someone has done — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (displeased, more displeased); past form of displease

meaning for a pupil

1) Annoyed or unhappy about something someone has done. tree →

2) (verb, past) Made someone feel annoyed or unhappy. tree →

sense in the lessons

A rather formal or polite word, used in stories for kings, teachers and parents: «The queen was most displeased». In the Bible, God or a king may be displeased with wrongdoing. In everyday life it is a gentle way to say angry. Phrases: «displeased with», «displeased at», «displeased about», «not displeased» (secretly quite pleased).

examples

• The teacher was displeased with our noisy behaviour. tree →
• The king was displeased and sent the jester away. tree →
• Mum looked displeased when she saw the muddy floor. tree →
• The coach was displeased at our late arrival. tree →
• The cat seemed displeased about its bath. tree →
• Grandad was not displeased when we offered to wash the car. tree →
• "Princess," he said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you." tree →

note

Use «displeased with» a person or result, «displeased at/about» an event. Opposite: «pleased». Milder and more formal than «angry».

In the corpora

• But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
• And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.
• And the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice;
• But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
• 'The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «displeased» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.