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# displeased

«displeased» in Mova's school dictionary: **Annoyed or unhappy about something someone has done** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (displeased, more displeased); past form of displease

### meaning for a pupil

1) Annoyed or unhappy about something someone has done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#m1)

2) (verb, past) Made someone feel annoyed or unhappy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A rather formal or polite word, used in stories for kings, teachers and parents: «The queen was most displeased». In the Bible, God or a king may be displeased with wrongdoing. In everyday life it is a gentle way to say angry. Phrases: «displeased with», «displeased at», «displeased about», «not displeased» (secretly quite pleased).

### examples

- The teacher was displeased with our noisy behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#x1)
- The king was displeased and sent the jester away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#x2)
- Mum looked displeased when she saw the muddy floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#x3)
- The coach was displeased at our late arrival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#x4)
- The cat seemed displeased about its bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#x5)
- Grandad was not displeased when we offered to wash the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#x6)
- "Princess," he said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/#x7)

### note

Use «displeased with» a person or result, «displeased at/about» an event. Opposite: «pleased». Milder and more formal than «angry».

### In the corpora

- [But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.297/)
- [And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.771/)
- [And the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1289/)
- [But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JON.40/)
- ['The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «displeased» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeased/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.