displeasure

«displeasure» in Mova's school dictionary: A feeling of being annoyed or not satisfied with someone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

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

• 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

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