displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
is displeasing
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present progressiveof displease (3rd person singular).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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Mr. Canning's, when we picture to ourselves a high-minded and frank-hearted gentleman, in spite of the plausibility of explanations, is displeasing.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
“It seems to me everything is displeasing to-day.”
From Dorothy Dale in the City by Penrose, Margaret
Just bow your head and quietly under your breath say to Him: "Lord Jesus, show me what there is in my life that is displeasing to Thee; what there is Thou wouldst change."
From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
In her eyes, every man who has a good time, and doesn't do wonderful things, is displeasing to her.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
And so it often happens that such a man is sorry for his sin not because sin in itself is displeasing to him, but on account of his reaping some disadvantage from the sin.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
