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# displeasure

noun (displeasure — uncountable)

«displeasure» 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

A feeling of being annoyed or not satisfied with someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#m1)

### In the lessons

Rather formal. Used in stories and news: someone shows displeasure with a frown, a sigh or a letter of complaint. In the Bible and old texts: «the king's displeasure» was a danger. Phrases: «show displeasure», «express displeasure», «to someone's displeasure», «incur someone's displeasure».

### Examples

- The crowd showed its displeasure by booing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x1)
- Much to my displeasure, it rained all through the holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x2)
- The head teacher expressed her displeasure at the mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x3)
- The cat showed its displeasure by turning its back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x4)
- Parents wrote letters to show their displeasure about the new rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x5)
- No one wanted to incur the king's displeasure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x6)
- Demeter exercised great severity towards those who incurred her displeasure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displeasure/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Formal; in speech say «annoyance», «being cross». Opposite: «pleasure». Pronounced dis-PLEZH-er.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, it describes God's anger at Israel's sin, as when it sent the spies and the people wept.

**Interpretation.** The forty years in the desert, one for each day of the spying, are read as a measured punishment for the people's lack of faith.

### Examples

- For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/displeasure/#x1)
- After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure. (Torah NUM.14.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/displeasure/#x2)
- Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure: (Writings PSA.2.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/displeasure/#x3)

### Note

Uncountable. Formal; in speech say «annoyance», «being cross». Opposite: «pleasure». Pronounced dis-PLEZH-er.

## On Mova

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