displease
verb (used with object)
to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy.
were 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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Her weariness made her cross—too cross almost to speak to Caroline; and besides, that young person's white dress and lively look were displeasing in the eyes of Miss Mann.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
As Elinor stooped at that moment, to untie the hat of the pretty little creature at her side, it was impossible to say whether this intelligence were displeasing to her or not.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 by Susan Fenimore Cooper
Secondly, they have had a care, to make it believed, that the same things were displeasing to the Gods, which were forbidden by the Lawes.
From Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
His blunt conscientiousness and quite pedantic frankness of speech were displeasing on first acquaintance.
From Our Own Set A Novel by Ossip Schubin
At one time England also claimed Tobago, but the very terms of the treaty were displeasing to Bonaparte's pride, and he assumed the insulting tone which he had been accustomed to use with foreign diplomatists.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by M. (François) Guizot
