displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
was displeasing
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past progressiveof displease.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Genesis 38: "And what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord."
From Time Magazine Archive
This independence was displeasing to the professor, who finally, in utter disgust, turned Hutten out of doors in midwinter.
From The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches by David Starr Jordan
As this measure was displeasing to Isabella, her council, by her order, suspended the execution of the bull until less severe remedies had been tried.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
This naturally was displeasing to Alexander le Borgne de Belleisle.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
So well did she conceal her grief, that none of her friends perceived that her husband was displeasing to her.
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) by George Saintsbury
