Associations to the word «Displease»

Wiktionary

DISPLEASE, verb. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
DISPLEASE, verb. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
DISPLEASE, verb. To give displeasure or offense.

Dictionary definition

DISPLEASE, verb. Give displeasure to.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin