Displeased vs Discontented - What's the difference?
displeased | discontented |
(displease)
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.
* Bible, Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Book of Common Prayer)
To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
To give displeasure or offense.
Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.
Of or pertaining to discontent.
* 1912 , :
As a verb displeased
is past tense of displease.As an adjective discontented is
experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.displeased
English
Verb
(head)displease
English
Verb
- The boy's rudeness displeased me.
- Wilt thou be displeased at us forever?
- I shall displease my ends else.
Synonyms
* (l)Antonyms
* pleaseSee also
* offend * disgust * vex * annoy * dissatisfy * chafe * anger * provoke * affrontExternal links
* * *discontented
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Adjective
(en adjective)- After her injury, Alice was a discontented woman.
- He lived a discontented life.
- Clara, like many self-willed and discontented persons, was really very apt, without knowing it, to do as other people told her, and to let her destiny be decided for her by intelligences much below her own.