Displeased vs Resentful - What's the difference?
displeased | resentful |
(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.
Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when .
Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
As a verb displeased
is (displease).As an adjective resentful is
inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when.displeased
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Verb
(head)displease
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Verb
- The boy's rudeness displeased me.
- Wilt thou be displeased at us forever?
- I shall displease my ends else.