displeasure

Lawmakers were open about their displeasure with Pierson, who appeared aloof as she testified before them Tuesday morning.
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“We have to get past the initial experience of displeasure in order to recognize the longer-term benefits,” he says.
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But beyond the rank and file, some important personalities have used Twitter to voice their displeasure.
Syria’s Jihadist Twitter Wars|Bill Roggio|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The braves made trouble with neighboring tribes, attracting the displeasure of the Canadian Mounties.
Sitting Bull's Cinco De Mayo|David Frum|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST

She agreed to speak with The Daily Beast only to express her displeasure with the DVD being released at this time.
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After a time his displeasure abated, as he caught sight of a dish of Syrian lambs' tails, dressed with spices, a favourite dainty.
Herodias|Gustave Flaubert
Dryope would have hastened from the spot, but the displeasure of the nymph had fallen upon her.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley
Give examples of men who have been made to feel the displeasure of the world for their nonconformity.
Essays|Ralph Waldo Emerson
I will postpone my journey to the King, at any sacrifice of displeasure.
The Ghost Breaker|Charles Goddard
The stranger manifested no displeasure at the confident language of the lad.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for displeasure

displeasure

/ (dɪsˈplɛʒə) /

noun

the condition of being displeased

archaic

pain
an act or cause of offence

verb

an archaic word for displease

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displeasure

noun

verb (used with object), dis·pleas·ured, dis·pleas·ur·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for displeasure

displeasure

noun

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