Disheartened vs Displeased - What's the difference?
disheartened | displeased |
Discouraged, despairing.
* 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage :
(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.
As verbs the difference between disheartened and displeased
is that disheartened is (dishearten) while displeased is (displease).As an adjective disheartened
is discouraged, despairing.disheartened
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He refused to get disheartened , even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.
Synonyms
* dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumpsdispleased
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.
