displeasure
Example Sentences
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His happiness is an affront to their own chronic displeasure.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
I must have made a face showing my displeasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
There were some on the terraces who stayed behind to clap the team off, but others showed their displeasure by booing after a meek display left Newcastle 12th in the Premier League.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Discussing his displeasure with NATO, Trump said: "It all began with -- if you want to know the truth -- Greenland."
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
The raven shrieked its displeasure and flapped up to a bedpost to glare down balefully at him through the predawn gloom.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing displeasure
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