displeased
adjective (displeased, more displeased); past form of displease
Everyday
- Annoyed or unhappy about something someone has done. tree →
- (verb, past) Made someone feel annoyed or unhappy. tree →
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 →
- The king was displeased and sent the jester away. tree →
- Mum looked displeased when she saw the muddy floor. tree →
- The coach was displeased at our late arrival. tree →
- The cat seemed displeased about its bath. tree →
- Grandad was not displeased when we offered to wash the car. tree →
- "Princess," he said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you." tree →
Note
Use «displeased with» a person or result, «displeased at/about» an event. Opposite: «pleased». Milder and more formal than «angry».
In Jewish tradition
In the Torah, it means unhappy, upset, or angry, as when Moses was upset at the people's weeping and Joseph at Jacob's right hand placed on Ephraim. In the Prophets it is also said of God, who is displeased with Israel's fathers and with David's wrong deed, and of Jonah, who was angry when God spared Nineveh.
Interpretation. Jacob's crossed hands are read as a sign that Ephraim would be the greater tribe. Jacob replied that he knew what he was doing. God's displeasure in the Prophets is read as a call to return and do better, and not as a wish to destroy.
Examples
- And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. (Torah NUM.11.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. (Torah GEN.48.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. (Prophets JON.4.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. (Prophets ZEC.1.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. (Prophets 2SA.11.27, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Use «displeased with» a person or result, «displeased at/about» an event. Opposite: «pleased». Milder and more formal than «angry».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «displeased» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «displeased» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «displeased» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «displeased» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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