Koren Zailckas

In my early to mid-20s, a fear of confrontation made it difficult for me to end relationships in a mature or even quasi-sane way. Instead, I would hang on resentfully, praying that my doomed beau would end things first and spare me the displeasure. To add hindrance to hang-up, the men I chose were usually just as stoic as I was.

American Writer

Richard III of England

Amongst other our secular businesses and cures, our principal intent and fervent desire is to see virtue and cleanness of living to be advanced, increased, and multiplied, and vices and all other things repugnant to virtue, provoking the high indignation and fearful displeasure of God, to be repressed and annulled.

British Royalty

Nikolai Gogol

I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by my ill-considered and immature works, I have brought distress to many and that I have even provoked others to attack me openly and, in general, have produced displeasure in many.

Russian Writer

Alphonsus Liguori

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

Italian Clergyman

Karl Abraham

Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain.

German Psychologist

Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

American Educator

Oliver Luck

My decision to leave really doesn't indicate any displeasure with the NCAA. I love college athletics. I'm a big believer in that.

Ann Widdecombe

Car horns were invented to warn other drivers of your presence, not to express displeasure or greetings.

British Politician

Maya Angelou

Bitterness is cancer - it eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure.

American Poet

Florenz Ziegfeld

They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.

American Producer

Use 'displeasure' for mild irritation, not intense anger.

Subtle Discomfort

'Displeasure' can be a diplomatic way to show you disagree.

Polite Criticism

'Displeasure' often appears through facial expressions or body language.

Non-verbal Cues

It often conveys a strong, formal disapproval, not just mild dislike.

Strength of Feeling

'Displeasure' suits formal contexts more than casual conversations.

Context Matter

 and the displeasure of my parents. The thing that was always striking to me was that we as people could have so many really amazing ideas about things we'd like to do, but are so often unable, in the real world, to actually do those things --

Philip Rosedale: Second...

 will take great displeasure at having him walking in the middle of the herd now he's gonna try we've got one minute left everybody it's keep going I suspect I support fellow behind us is going to