be displeased by

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He had affected to be displeased by the doctor's air of treating his case as though it was deprived of all importance.

From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold

On sending to Mr. Hallam a copy of the Review in which it appeared,  I expressed my hope that he would not be displeased by what I had done.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

I thought that you would not be displeased by it, as a proof of grateful regard from me.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

Superstition had not utterly extinguished all national feeling in his mind; and he could not but be displeased by the malevolence with which his Celtic supporters regarded the race from which he sprang.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Your Majesty, therefore, need have no further anxiety about my journey, and must not be displeased by it.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand