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Webster 1913 Edition
Displeasant
Dis-pleas′ant
,Adj.
Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant.
[Obs.]
Speed.
– Dis-pleas′ant-ly
, adv.
[Obs.]
Strype.
– Dis-pleas′ant-ness
, Noun.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Displeasant
DISPLEASANT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
displeasant
displeasant
English
Alternative forms
- displeasaunt (obsolete)
Adjective
displeasant (comparative more displeasant, superlative most displeasant)
- (obsolete except as archaic) Unpleasant, disagreeable.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 383:
- ‘She suffers spasms, torsions and trances. It sounds most displeasant.’
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 383: