Verb (used with object) : His reply displeased the judge. From Dictionary.com.
The King frowned as though the name displeased him, then answered. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Allan] Reference
I gotta put this out here... kind of displeased with the Coraline 2-disc DVD. From Wordnik.com. [This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Watchmen, Coraline, Pushing Daisies, and More | /Film] Reference
Shuttlesworth was "displeased" with the SCLC's lack of action after the 2000 Presidential election. From Wordnik.com. [Coretta Scott King Forces Shuttlesworth Out of SCLC] Reference
A radio reporter went into hiding in late July when he learned authorities were "displeased" by unfavorable coverage. From Wordnik.com. [Reporter Crackdown] Reference
"I did not say the expression displeased me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II] Reference
So the robber did judgment again upon such as displeased him. From Wordnik.com. [The Years Between] Reference
Last week, I reported that Murdoch himself was "displeased" that the. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Why Cristiano Ronaldo gave a photographer his just desserts] Reference
But I wouldn't dream of asking your abbot if the idea displeased you. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Canticle for Leibowitz]
I can’t say if I was pleased or displeased, that is just the way it is. From Wordnik.com. [Row Three » No Vampires for “The Informers” - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions] Reference
Lamont suggested Shanghai may be "displeased" if Vail Resorts controlled the mountain and the town. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
This dilemma could leave plenty of users "displeased" at the upgrade and at Apple, to say the least. From Wordnik.com. [Macworld] Reference
In another incident when he was "displeased" with her, LP said she felt "threatened by his conduct and demeanour". From Wordnik.com. [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference
Local commuters are, to put it mildly, displeased. From Wordnik.com. [Traffic Jam? Blame Bush.] Reference
I said to you a moment ago that you had not displeased me. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"I'm displeased with the way they are working," he told Newsweek. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghosts Of S-21] Reference
The environmental community, the staffer made clear, was sure to be displeased. From Wordnik.com. [First Brush With History] Reference
"I'm displeased with the way they are working," he told NEWSWEEK in an interview. From Wordnik.com. [Facing A Grisly Past] Reference
Manuel Antonio Noriega routinely censored newspapers and films that displeased him. From Wordnik.com. [No Show] Reference
The nut of the Daily News hit piece is that Mr. Zuckerman is very displeased with Pres. From Wordnik.com. [Taylor Marsh: Mort Zuckerman's Hit Piece on First Lady Michelle Obama] Reference
Tom Gray looked a trifle surprised at this, and Marian Barber seemed openly displeased. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
So Rogers was displeased, to say the least, when the Redskins made him a one-year offer. From Wordnik.com. [Carlos Rogers buys into the Mike Shanahan plan] Reference
Needless to say, the Rwandan government was very, very displeased to see that in the paper. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Leon Goldberg: Five Stories to Follow During UN Week] Reference
He, without knowing the motives which actuated his wife, guessed that something had displeased her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There wasn't much time to work if the president was displeased with what McKinnon and Dowd had to offer. From Wordnik.com. [INNER CIRCLE] Reference
If you displeased him, you could expect to find yourself facing the full force of El Tigre's roar and claw. From Wordnik.com. [El Tigre And His Mexico] Reference
He could not get used to Herzog's familiarity, and there was something in the man which displeased him greatly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
From the 1960s to the 1980s, when currency values displeased Washington, the United States simply abandoned them. From Wordnik.com. [NOT SO SUPER ANYMORE] Reference
He traveled from room to room snarling and growling, just waiting for someone to move in a way that displeased him. From Wordnik.com. [Agitated Birds] Reference
She kept away to prove to her husband that if her mother had displeased him in any way, she had nothing to do with it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Wigs on the Green," with its send-up of Mosley's movement, displeased Unity and caused an immediate breach with Diana. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Laughter] Reference
While presiding over her eBay empire, an employee approached Whitman with some work information that displeased Whitman. From Wordnik.com. [David Coleman: Is Meg Whitman California's Version of Leona Helmsley?] Reference
Even when mother had displeased him about some trifle, so that he had not a smile for her, he always had a smile for his. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Wadhwa is displeased that the revenue earned from the additional H-1B and L-1 visa fees will be put toward border security. From Wordnik.com. [H-1B, L-1 Visa Fee Hike Could Lead to More Offshoring] Reference
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