Displeasing

/dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/ · adjective

Meaning

Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable..

Definitions by Sense

1. Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.
2. present participle and gerund of displease

Example Sentences

After the hurricane, the building was structurally sound but aesthetically displeasing'Bold text'.

Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; […]

[…]but after all there's nothing less displeasing to me than a beefsteak smothered in mushrooms on a balcony in sound of the Broadway streetcars, with a hand-organ playing down below, and the boys hollering extras about the latest suicide.

The taking of life being displeasing to Buddha, outside many of the temples old women and children earn a livelihood by selling sparrows, small eels, carp, and tortoises, which the worshipper sets free in honour of the deity, within whose territory cocks and hens and doves, tame and unharmed, perch on every jutty, frieze, buttress, and coigne of vantage.

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• more displeasing
• most displeasing

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