displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
displeases
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present tense formof displease (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"We showed it with Gabriella, we showed it again with Laurence. But it displeases some people, obviously. It's competition, it's natural. But it's true that it was more complicated than we thought."
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
The rest of NIH’s 27 institutes and centers would stay at current budget levels, a status quo that displeases advocates for biomedical research.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 9, 2023
He is the domineering interloper intent on telling the industry all the ways in which it displeases him.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022
On occasion such an arrangement leads to images whose directness displeases the authorities, but a more common outcome has been that proximity to an army helps bolster the narrative preferred by the army.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2019
Then he says something to my daughter that really displeases her: “It’s uncanny how much you two look alike!”
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
