Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

displeased

/dɪsˈpliːzd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
dis-pleased
IPA
/dɪsˈpliːzd/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not pleased or happy with something.

verb

simple past and past participle of displease

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more displeased (comparative) most displeased (superlative)

Derived Forms

displeasedly displeasedness undispleased

Rhymes With

pleased seized squeezed teased eased diseased sneezed appeased breezed

Questions

How do you pronounce displeased?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈpliːzd/.
What does displeased mean?
Not pleased or happy with something.

How to pronounce displeased

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