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What does displease mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word displease? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
  2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
  3. To give displeasure or offense.
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This will not displease Marc, as the qualities of his monohull in this point of sail are widely recognised.
And when you're the king, you can banish the insiders who displease you and you can try to buy off the outsiders.
May I never laugh at their mistakes, or resort to ridicule when they displease me.
It is trying to please the Americans, while trying at the same time not to displease a number of other countries.
The room had become deathly quiet, each crew member standing erectly as not to further displease their captain.
I could also extend effective protection to upright officers who happened to displease powerful politicians.

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