1
as in disapproval
refusal to accept as right or desirable
fans showed their displeasure by loudly booing the umpire
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as in dissatisfaction
the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation
his displeasure with his job intensified as the years wore on
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Recent Examples of displeasure
Trump's displeasure eventually culminated in him ripping off his lapel mic and storming off the set.
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Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
Fans attending the event were extremely vocal in expressing their displeasure in the resulting longer wait times for entry.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
Shortly after the legal decision, Big 12 athletic directors Mark Harlan of Utah and Gene Taylor of Kansas State both voiced displeasure at the decision.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Immediately after the list’s publication, a senior White House official called the Pentagon to express displeasure that their concerns had been ignored, Bloomberg reported.
—Kate O'Keeffe, Fortune, 8 June 2026
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Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
Fans attending the event were extremely vocal in expressing their displeasure in the resulting longer wait times for entry.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
Shortly after the legal decision, Big 12 athletic directors Mark Harlan of Utah and Gene Taylor of Kansas State both voiced displeasure at the decision.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Immediately after the list’s publication, a senior White House official called the Pentagon to express displeasure that their concerns had been ignored, Bloomberg reported.
—Kate O'Keeffe, Fortune, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displeasure
Noun
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In that vote, Republicans put forward a disapproval resolution that Democrats — then in the minority — filibustered.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
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The president is such a potent force in Republican primaries that his endorsement, or his disapproval, can make the difference between winning and losing.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Tehran has made the unfreezing of its assets a key demand in talks, hoping for relief months after unrest that was fueled in part by economic dissatisfaction.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
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Body dissatisfaction, then, may not be solely located in the individual body or psyche.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The ultimate outcome, then, was that, by the end of the seventies, Margaret Thatcher had been able to bring the various discontents mixed up in that into a kind of big-tent project within a mainstream center-right party.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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As discontent with the government grows, more Cubans aspire to regime change rather than reform.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2026
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“Displeasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displeasure. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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