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displeasure

[dis-plezh-er] / dɪsˈplɛʒ ər /


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Richarlison has publicly expressed his displeasure at Roberto de Zerbi's decision to leave him out of Tottenham's squad for Tuesday's Carabao Cup tie against Liverpool.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Still, the abandonment caused some fans to express their displeasure with messages to the BBC's live coverage of the Test.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“The subjective displeasure of an offended observer does not amount to a concrete injury,” Sauer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

In reality, Leavitt is without a doubt the worst White House press secretary that I’ve ever had the displeasure of encountering since the day I first met Larry Speakes during the Reagan administration.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Major de Coverley swept it away with mighty displeasure the moment he recognized what it was, his good eye flaring up blindingly with fiery disdain and his enormous old corrugated face darkening in mountainous wrath.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

They call him the English Bayard, and the Frenchman need not be displeasured by the comparison. 

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley

For when the way of pleasuring and displeasuring lieth by the favourite, it is impossible any other should be over-great.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys

For when the way of pleasuring, and displeasuring, lieth by the favorite, it is impossible any other should be overgreat.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon


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