displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
are displeasing
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present progressiveof displease.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'm sure there are aspects of it that are displeasing to almost everyone, but the point is, this is a way to get started, and that's what we hope to do."
From Time Magazine Archive
Peeped a Chinese Government official, after asking that his name be kept secret: "The Japanese Ambassador is saying things which are displeasing to the Chinese People and to the Chinese Government."
From Time Magazine Archive
"You are displeasing to me, Narses," he said bitterly.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Felix Dahn
"I said, monsieur, that the words you have just spoken are displeasing to my English ears."
From Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas père
But emotions and experiences that in real life are displeasing can be made pleasing in art chiefly by virtue of the qualities of material and form already discussed.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
