displeasing
present participle ofdisplease
| 单词 | displeasing |
| 释义 | displeasing present participle ofdisplease displease verb[T] formaluk/dɪˈspliːz/us/dɪˈspliːz/tocausesomeone to beannoyedorunhappy: I wouldn'twantto do anything to displease him. Opposites delight please Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
Examplesofdispleasingdispleasing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. To avoiddispleasingthe examiner, the candidate answered that it was the spiritual eye. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it is not for the fine arts to accustom themselves to such absurd anddispleasingpractices, but rather to sweet and gentle sensations. From theCambridge English Corpus Good dancing may therefore challenge the construction of the ageing body as undesirable and aestheticallydispleasing. From theCambridge English Corpus None of these examples,displeasingthough they may be, can be criticised for not conveying what the speaker or writer wanted them to convey. From theCambridge English Corpus If offense is defined in terms ofdispleasingactivities (independent of the reasons why they aredispleasing), its potential scope is vast. From theCambridge English Corpus In such cases she has a degree of self-value that appearsdispleasingfrom the common point of view. From theCambridge English Corpus This is apparent whether the musical extract is known or unknown, and also, but to a lesser degree, whether the musical genre is pleasing ordispleasingto the listener. From theCambridge English Corpus It is hardly surprising that some laypeople exploited this situation and probed the boundaries which separated them from the priesthood in ways that weredispleasingto the ecclesiastical hierarchy. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, a chair that may be beautiful to look at but which is uncomfortable to sit in is aestheticallydispleasing, because its use brings discomfort. From theCambridge English Corpus They could refuse, it is suggested, only at the risk ofdispleasingsome of their customers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether it will be pleasing ordispleasingis another question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been generous at the risk, sometimes, ofdispleasingthe heads of the organisation which they serve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Generally, conifer forests can have adispleasingvisual effect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then it cannot be said that we shall in any way bedispleasingthe local authority associations if we take the fixed maximums out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be easy enough, if we were gerrymandering, to please them instead ofdispleasingthem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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