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# displeasure

«displeasure» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of being annoyed or not satisfied with someone…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (displeasure — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A feeling of being annoyed or not satisfied with someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Rather formal. Used in stories and news: someone shows displeasure with a frown, a sigh or a letter of complaint. In the Bible and old texts: «the king's displeasure» was a danger. Phrases: «show displeasure», «express displeasure», «to someone's displeasure», «incur someone's displeasure».

### examples

- The crowd showed its displeasure by booing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x1)
- Much to my displeasure, it rained all through the holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x2)
- The head teacher expressed her displeasure at the mess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x3)
- The cat showed its displeasure by turning its back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x4)
- Parents wrote letters to show their displeasure about the new rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x5)
- No one wanted to incur the king's displeasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x6)
- Demeter exercised great severity towards those who incurred her displeasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Formal; in speech say «annoyance», «being cross». Opposite: «pleasure». Pronounced dis-PLEZH-er.

### In the corpora

- [For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.285/)
- [Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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