displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
am displeasing
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present progressiveof displease (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I have not sought for this place," said he to M. de Lafayette; "if I am displeasing to the nation I will retire; but until then I will oppose all intrigues."
From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de
You make so many difficulties, I fear I am displeasing to you.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
