displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
displeasingly
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a word derived from
displease.
Example Sentences
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Traffic is a function of the price of oil; above $80 or $90 per barrel, and it could start to look displeasingly metropolitan.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2015
Enlightened intellectuals decided they knew best, and that metric could replace those displeasingly irrational, higgledy-piggledy systems of yore.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2014
