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displeasant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-pleas-ant
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unpleasant, disagreeable.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old French desplaisant, present participle of desplaire (“to displease”).

Inflected Forms

more displeasant (comparative) most displeasant (superlative) displeasaunt (alternative)

Derived Forms

displeasantly displeasantness

Questions

What does displeasant mean?
Unpleasant, disagreeable.
Where does displeasant come from?
From Old French desplaisant, present participle of desplaire (“to displease”).

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