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# displease

verb (displeases, displeased, displeasing)

«displease» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To displease someone is to make them cross or unhappy, or to fail to please them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displease/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a king or a bird is annoyed by a rude answer or a plain face; in lessons, a mistake that displeases the teacher.

### Examples

- Noisy talking displeases the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displease/#x1)
- Your rude answer displeased the queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displease/#x2)
- The mess displeased Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displease/#x3)
- Nothing I did seemed to displease him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displease/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, Balaam offers to turn back if his journey offends the angel. In the primary lessons: in tales, a king or a bird is annoyed by a rude answer or a plain face; in lessons, a mistake that displeases the teacher.

### Examples

- And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.' (Torah NUM.22.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/displease/#x1)
- Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.' (Prophets 1SA.29.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/displease/#x2)
- Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him. (Writings PRO.24.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/displease/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «displease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«displease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/displease.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «displease» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/displease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«displease» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/displease.html) on Mova free.