Displease vs Pique - What's the difference?
displease | pique | 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.
A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
* Dr. H. More
* De Quincey
A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 7:
* Sweet Smell of Success (1957) screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, starring Burt Lancaster as J.J. Hunsecker who says:
(obsolete) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
* Hudibras
To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to excite to anger.
* 1913 ,
* Byron
(reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
* John Locke
To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion); to offend by slighting.
In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
Displease is a related term of pique.
As a verb 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.As a noun pique is
a kind of ribbed or corded fabric.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
* * *pique
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
- Men take up piques and displeasures.
- Wars had arisen upon a personal pique .
- This defiance was not a fit of pique , but a matter of principle.
- You think this is a personal thing with me? Are you telling me I think of this in terms of a personal pique ?
- Though it have the pique , and long, / 'Tis still for something in the wrong.
Verb
(piqu)- She treated him indulgently, as if he were a child. He thought he did not mind. But deep below the surface it piqued him.
- Pique her and soothe in turn.
- Men pique themselves upon their skill.
- I believe this will pique your interest.
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