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Word entry · 11 letters

displeasure

Best crossword clue

"Annoyance"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /dɪsˈplɛʒə/Part of speech nounSorted adeeilprssuStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Annoyance, dissatisfaction, or disapproval.

Word origin

From Old French desplaisir, equivalent to dis- + pleasure. See displease.

Used in a sentence

  • Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.
  • Hast thou delight to see a wretched man / Do outrage and displeasure to himself?
  • [King Lear] charged me, on pain of their perpetual displeasure, neither to speak of him [Edgar], entreat for him, nor any way sustain him.

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