displeasing
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/
The English word “displeasing” has 1 meaning listed here.
adjective
- Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.
Etymology
Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”). By surface analysis, dis- + pleasing.
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More English words
- displeased
- displeasedly
- displeasedness
- displeaser
- displeasingly
- displeasingness
- displeasurable
- displeasurably
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