displeasure

English

Etymology

From Old French desplaisir. See displease.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈplɛʒə/
• (US) enPR: dĭs-plĕzhʹər, IPA^(key): /dɪsˈplɛʒɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

displeasure (usually uncountable, plural displeasures)

1. A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
   • 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.

2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury.
   • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     Hast thou delight to see a wretched man / Do outrage and displeasure to himself?

3. A state of disgrace or disfavour.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     [King Lear] charged me, on pain of their perpetual displeasure, neither to speak of him [Edgar], entreat for him, nor any way sustain him.

   • 1622, Henry Peacham, The compleat gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie that may be required in a noble gentleman.‎^[2], page 101:

     [H]ee went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for ouermuch familiaritie with a kinswoman of his.

Synonyms

• (feeling of being displeased with someone or something): discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction, unhappiness
• (pain, discomfort): ache, discomfort, pain
• (disapproval): condemnation, disapprobation, disapproval

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “feeling of being displeased with someone or something”): contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction
• (antonym(s) of “pain, discomfort”): ease
• (antonym(s) of “disapproval”): approbation, approval, blessing

Derived terms

• displeasurable
• take a displeasure, take displeasure
• displeasurement

Translations

feeling of being displeased with someone or something

• Armenian: դժգոհություն (hy) (džgohutʻyun)
• Bikol Central: pagkasuya
• Bulgarian: неудоволствие (bg) n (neudovolstvie)
• Catalan: disgust (ca) m
• Esperanto: malplaĉo
• Finnish: tyytymättömyys (fi)
• Japanese: 不快 (ja) (ふかい, fukai)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناڕەزایی (narrezayî)

• Malayalam: അപ്രീതി (ml) (aprīti), നീരസം (ml) (nīrasaṁ)
• Portuguese: desprazer (pt) m
• Romanian: nemulțumire (ro) f
• Russian: неудово́льствие (ru) n (neudovólʹstvije)
• Spanish: disgusto (es) m, displacer (es), desplacer (es)

pain, discomfort

• Esperanto: malplezuro
• Romanian: indispoziție (ro) f, jenă (ro), stinghereală (ro) f
• Spanish: desazón (es) f, displacer (es), desplacer (es)

disapproval

• Bulgarian: неодобрение (bg) n (neodobrenie)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناڕەزایی (narrezayî)

• Romanian: dezaprobare (ro) f, nemulțumire (ro)

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} míphléisiúr m

Verb

displeasure (third-person singular simple present displeasures, present participle displeasuring, simple past and past participle displeasured)

1. (archaic) To displease or offend.