Displease vs Incense - What's the difference?
displease | incense | Related terms |
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.
To anger or infuriate.
(archaic) To incite, stimulate.
To offer incense to.
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
* Marston
(obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
* Chapman
Displease is a related term of incense.
As verbs the difference between displease and incense
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 incense is to anger or infuriate.As a noun incense is
a perfume used in the rites of various religions.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
* * *incense
English
Derived terms
* incense boat * incense cedarVerb
- I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
- (Chaucer)
- Incensed with wanton sweetes.
- Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.