Ire vs Displeasure - What's the difference?
ire | displeasure | Related terms |
(literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
To anger; to fret; to irritate.
A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
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That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury.
* Shakespeare
A state of disgrace or disfavour.
* Peacham
Ire is a related term of displeasure.
As nouns the difference between ire and displeasure
is that ire is while displeasure is a feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.ire
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ire, yre, shortened form of . More at (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) ire, from (etyl) , (etyl) aesma'' 'anger', (etyl) ''e?ati 'it drives on').Noun
(-)Synonyms
* fury * rage * wrathVerb
(ir)References
* *Anagrams
* ----displeasure
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, page= , passage=Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.}}
- Hast thou delight to see a wretched man / Do outrage and displeasure to himself?
- He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity.
