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Displease vs Disappointed - What's the difference?

displease | disappointed |

As verbs the difference between displease and disappointed

is that displease is 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 while disappointed is (disappoint).

As an adjective disappointed is

defeated of expectation or hope; let down.

displease

English

Verb

  • 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.
    • The boy's rudeness displeased me.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Book of Common Prayer)
    • Wilt thou be displeased at us forever?
  • To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I shall displease my ends else.
  • To give displeasure or offense.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * please

    Related terms

    * displeasure

    See also

    * offend * disgust * vex * annoy * dissatisfy * chafe * anger * provoke * affront

    External links

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    disappointed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Defeated of expectation or hope; let down.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed . I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

    Synonyms

    * discomfited * foiled * frustrated * thwarted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disappoint)