Definition of "displease"

displease

/dɪsˈpliːz/

verb
third-person singular simple present displeases, present participle displeasing, simple past and past participle displeased
1. (transitive) To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
  Quotations
  Wilt thou be displeased at us forever: and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?
  1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Psalms, Sixteenth Day, Evening Prayer”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], column 1, psalm 85, line 5
2. (intransitive) To give displeasure or offense.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
  Quotations
  I shall displease my ends else.
  c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, Act IV, scene i

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