(v. t.) To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.
(v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.
(n.) A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.
(n.) Discord; dissension.
Example Sentences:
(1) It created a very ugly atmosphere in society – as I was growing up in politics, I disliked the hypocrisy where people had to conceal their own identity.
(2) Other measures to promote justice and co-operation against criminals who pay no attention to European frontiers are also being thrown out of the window as May enters the cabinet "EU exit competition" – apparently to see which minister can parade his or her dislike of the EU the most.
(3) If you actively dislike nature, you're more likely to build a car park on it.
(4) For mothers, disliking the treatment was related to family members seeking further treatment.
(5) They were on the whole satisfied with antenatal classes (there seemed to be a need for more information in the form of an on-the-ward postnatal class), disliked the practice of perineal shaves (but did not object to enemas or rupture of membranes) and felt they had adequate analgesia (although not for after-pains or the discomfort of haemorrhoids in the puerperium).
(6) It has been very easy for people to call for a ban, she says, "but I think you should stand up for choices that you wouldn't necessarily choose for yourself, or that you even dislike.
(7) During the first Republican presidential debate, Kelly questioned whether Trump had the temperament for the job, given that he had called women he disliked “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals” in the past.
(8) Responses relating to sexuality image and contraceptive attitudes indicate that a greater proportion of the terminators dislike an internal IUD self string check, hold a more pro-pregnancy attitude, do not feel dependent on the availability of contraceptives, and currently utilize the less effective contraceptive methods.
(9) Almost two-thirds of voters disliked the tone of the immigration debate during the Brexit referendum campaign, a report has found, including a majority of leave voters and Ukip supporters.
(10) And if there is some patronising note in your question about that glossed-over quality of many other American films then I would say: I dislike that, too.
(11) Boosted by two letters in yesterday's Financial Times signed by more than 60 economists endorsing the government's decision to delay spending cuts until next year, Brown said yesterday: "Conservative dislike of government, bordering on hatred of government action, would risk recovery now."
(12) With her background in radio, news and current affairs her supporters say she realises that if she wants to be director general she needs more populist programming and the "shiny floor experience" that the Vision post would bring - but she dislikes exposure so much it is not obvious she would enjoy the public pressures of the top job.
(13) That is why – despite my instinctive dislike of high marginal tax rates – I have stuck with the 50p tax.
(14) The candidates, he said, were angry with the party for allowing the debates to take place in a way that they dislike – both in terms of the moderators, and in terms of sheer length.
(15) It wasn't like he disliked Canada , or anything, for all that he chose to live elsewhere, and for so long.
(16) Allen may be reaping the reward of keeping non-Italian press out of the first screenings (the version released in Italy has a dubbed dialogue track, which Allen is known to dislike) as he tends to get a better response from non-native critics, who are less attentive to implausible details.
(17) More Asian patients disliked management of illness by telephone than non-Asian patients, the latter feeling that telephone advice could save them a trip to the surgery, or their general practitioner a home visit.
(18) The likes and dislikes of the target children were cross-tabulated with those of their mothers, fathers, and siblings, and phi-statistics were computed for the child-mother, child-father and child-sibling pairs as measures of similarity in food preferences.
(19) Although the House of Commons can occasionally veto a ministerial initiative it dislikes – witness the Syrian vote – it almost never does.
(20) "Even though I dislike intensely a lot of the habits of the nasty bits of Fleet Street, one should not by any means confine those [critcisms] just to the papers controlled by Rupert Murdoch.
Displease
Definition:
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
(v. i.) To give displeasure or offense.
Example Sentences:
(1) More powerful regional allies, such as the UAE, may be displeased and downgraded ties by recalling ambassadors, but calculated that they didn’t want to break off ties with Tehran entirely.
(2) Budd is bemused but not, you sense, displeased at the renewed media attention, despite the pain it caused before.
(3) Both internals and externals were equally pleased by success feedback and displeased by failure and their competence judgement was influenced by the feedback received.
(4) The press thing is a part of it, but it’s also to show your friends, or your last company, like, ‘Hey, fuck you, look at me, I got this $2m album.’ Guys do that all the time.” The purchase is said to have displeased the rappers, with Ghostface Killah describing him as a “shithead” to TMZ.
(5) They should be a natural part of optometric practice, and will better educate patients who will less likely be displeased with the course of treatment because of unrealistic expectations.
(6) Last month she secured her Olympic place in Turin but quarter-final exits in the 500m and 1,000m displeased her boss, the Team GB performance director Stuart Horsepool.
(7) Yet the water odor displeased 21.7% of households which used dug wells.
(8) Indeed, any woman who has been told to “smile, love, it might never happen” will know that even when not a member of the royal family, moving one’s facial muscles into certain configurations remains displeasing to some.
(9) "It looks like you're displeased Liverpool could potentially still win the title.
(10) As a matter of fact, luminous or auditory stimuli can be pleasing or displeasing in themselves, but there seems to be little variation of pleasure in these sensations, that is, no alliesthesia.
(11) Trump has galvanized scientists with his comments about climate change, which he has called a “hoax”, as well as questions about whether vaccines are safe and threats to cut funding to universities that displease him .
(12) Having made few friends among his Arab neighbours, displeasing Turkey, a member of Nato and, more important, a country that is popular among ordinary Syrians, could be the straw that breaks the lion's back .
(13) It says much for the expectation where Del Bosque's line-up is concerned that some have been displeased with them.
(14) Every time a journalist has displeased me I make an allusion to concentration camp guards, or Nazis.
(15) Thus are ambered the names of those theatre critics who may have displeased the playwright: Gray’s Anathema.
(16) The progress of the Greek team was not popular outside their own country; Everton were deeply displeased with the refereeing of the Frenchman who took charge of their return leg against Panathinaikos in Athens.
(17) The resultant tooth loss is cosmetically displeasing and, frequently, there is compromise in function.
(18) Excessive abduction or forward flexion should be avoided, however, because this can be cosmetically displeasing to patients.
(19) That won him headlines, diverting attention from the dodgy fiscal numbers, and swiftly secured the endorsement of that secular saint Jamie Oliver – seen dancing a much-tweeted jig in celebration – but it displeases plenty on his own side.
(20) Those who displeased the monarch did not live long to tell the tale.