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Synonyms for displeasure
dɪsˈplɛʒ ərdis·plea·sure
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Wiktionary
displeasurenoun
A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction.
Synonyms:
unhappiness, dissatisfaction, discontent, discontentmentAntonyms:
satisfaction, contentment, pleasure, happinessdispleasurenoun
Pain or discomfort.
Synonyms:
ache, discomfort, painAntonyms:
easedispleasurenoun
Disapproval.
Synonyms:
disapprobation, condemnation, disapprovalAntonyms:
approbation, approval, blessing
English Synonyms and Antonyms
displeasure
Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion,"
Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.Synonyms:
anger, animosity, choler, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrathAntonyms:
amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraintPreposition:
Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.
Princeton's WordNet
displeasurenoun
the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
displeasurenoun
Synonyms:
dissatisfaction, dislike, distaste, disapprobationdispleasurenoun
Synonyms:
anger, indignation, vexation, resentment, wrathdispleasurenoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
displeasurenoun
Synonyms:
disapprobation, dudgeon, dislike, disapproval, resentment, vexation, umbrage, dissatisfaction
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "displeasure":
discontent, dissatisfaction, distaste, disapproval, disaffection, resentment, disgust, unhappiness, disappointment, dislike, annoyance
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1938 | pain | |
#4973 | passion | |
#7144 | offense | |
#7314 | anger | |
#8658 | rage | |
#12585 | fury | |
#15411 | wrath | |
#15535 | disappointment | |
#17321 | discomfort | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#18131 | irritation | |
#18711 | ire | |
#19215 | temper | |
#22556 | condemnation | |
#25311 | ache | |
#27532 | resentment | |
#27687 | dissatisfaction | |
#28022 | annoyance | |
#28532 | disgust | |
#32460 | discontent | |
#32649 | disapproval | |
#36621 | indignation | |
#44334 | impatience | |
#48141 | displeasure | |
#48275 | unhappiness | |
#48768 | animosity | |
#61578 | distaste | |
#87389 | exasperation | |
#98134 | disaffection | |
#100265 | vexation | |
#191997 | petulance | |
#214595 | disapprobation | |
#267186 | discontentment | |
#311899 | choler |
How to use displeasure in a sentence?
The alliance is very important and I think there's ways of communicating our displeasure with things without trying to insult and break the alliance apart.
When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity this is the only way to make it palatable.
State Department spokesman John Kirby:
Such treatment has the potential to negatively impact U.S. and Nicaraguan bilateral relations, particularly trade, we've conveyed our strong displeasure.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:
We will be finding ways to make our displeasure felt, millions of Australians are feeling sickened by what might be about to happen in Indonesia.
Afterwards, Pompeo proceeded to shout his displeasure at being questioned about Ukraine. He used repeated expletives, according to Kelly, he asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?' He used the F-word in that sentence and many others.
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