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DISPLEASURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("displeasure" is a kind of...):
annoyance; chafe; vexation (anger produced by some annoying irritation)
dissatisfaction (the feeling of being displeased and discontent)
Derivation:
displease (give displeasure to)
Context examples:
And yet I do assure you, replied Lucy, her little sharp eyes full of meaning, there seemed to me to be a coldness and displeasure in your manner that made me quite uncomfortable.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
And I may say with truth, that in the midst of my own misfortunes I could not forbear lamenting my poor nurse, the grief she would suffer for my loss, the displeasure of the queen, and the ruin of her fortune.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Very soon you seemed to get used to me: I believe you felt the existence of sympathy between you and your grim and cross master, Jane; for it was astonishing to see how quickly a certain pleasant ease tranquillised your manner: snarl as I would, you showed no surprise, fear, annoyance, or displeasure at my moroseness; you watched me, and now and then smiled at me with a simple yet sagacious grace I cannot describe.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
This was the first time of her brother's openly siding against her, and anxious to avoid his displeasure, she proposed a compromise.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
She was almost vexed into displeasure and anger against Edmund.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
She did not like it, but the impulse that made her turn it over was not one of displeasure but fear, because for a minute she fancied the paper was the Volcano.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Our cousin Charles has had experience of our friendship, the prince continued, and now, by the Saints! he shall feel a touch of our displeasure.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The wolves behind collided with the young wolf and expressed their displeasure by administering sharp nips on his hind-legs and flanks.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Mr. Perry, said he, in a voice of very strong displeasure, would do as well to keep his opinion till it is asked for.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Far be it from me, he presently continued, in a voice that marked his displeasure, to resent the behaviour of your daughter.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
