displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
have been displeasing
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present perfect progressiveof displease.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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This proposal seems not to have been displeasing either to Æne´as or to the Trojans.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
The aspect of these men, that would have been displeasing to almost any one else, satisfied Roblado.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.
I believed that so many prayers and tears, and love without measure, would not have been displeasing to God. . . .
From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian
He was so far from conceiving that his account of the defalcation in the Events could have been displeasing to them, that he bore them none of an offender's malice.
From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean
It would not have been displeasing to Miss Merrivale had the floor at that particular instant opened and engulfed her former hostess.
From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo
