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
Thousands of people with good qualities are displeasing; thousands pleasing with far less abilities, and why?
From Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by J. W. (John William) Willis Bund
If the representations of Miss Piner's fretfulness are displeasing to contemplate, how much more vexatious must it be, when your parents find the same disposition prevail in their own child.
From Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature by Mary Ann (n?e Maze) Kilner
