n. [ OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance. Cf. Displacency. ] Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. desplaisant, F. déplaisant. See Displease. ] Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [ Obs. ] Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Displeased p. pr. & vb. n. Displeasing. ] [ OF. desplaisir, whence F. déplaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis-) + plaisir to please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure. ] 1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). [ 1913 Webster ]

This virtuous plaster will displease
Your tender sides. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith? Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall displease my ends else. Beau. & Fl.

Syn. -- To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give displeasure or offense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With displeasure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Displeasure. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who displeases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. déplaisir. Cf. Displease. ] 1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn
From his displeasure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hast thou delight to see a wretched man
Do outrage and displeasure to himself? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. Peacham.

Syn. -- Dissatisfaction; disapprobation; disfavor; distaste; dislike; anger; hate; aversion; indignation; offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To displease. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not bound by rule or law or convention. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm. George Saintsbury [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) An annual European false flax (Camelina sativa) having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America.
Syn. -- gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Requiring great patience and effort and skill; demanding; -- of persons. Opposite of undemanding.
Syn. -- harsh, demanding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unpleasing; displeasing. [ Obs. ] Overbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. Eph. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To please excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. plaisance. See Please. ] 1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [ Archaic ] Shak. “Full great pleasance.” Chaucer. “A realm of pleasance.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A secluded part of a garden. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. plaisant. See Please. ] 1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good-humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty. -- Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one's tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as, she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a pleasant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being pleasant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pleasantries [ F. plaisanterie. See Pleasant. ] That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points of wit. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of pleasing speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasing. ] [ OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure. ] 1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. [ 1913 Webster ]

I pray to God that it may plesen you. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. Ps. cxxxv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. “It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.” Col. i. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

To-morrow, may it please you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be pleased in or
To be pleased with, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in. --
To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions. [ 1913 Webster ]

What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For we that live to please, must please to live. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heavenly stranger, please to taste
These bounties. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he would please 8give me my liberty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly adv. -- Pleas"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pleases or gratifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. “Pleasing harmony.” Shak. “Pleasing features.” Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An object of pleasure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, sir, you are very pleasurable. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pleas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Pleas"ur*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. plaisir, originally an infinitive. See Please. ] 1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xvi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. “Not sunk in carnal pleasure.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. Prov. xxi. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. 2 Tim. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. “He will do his pleasure on Babylon.” Isa. xlviii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure Acts xxv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

At pleasure, by arbitrary will or choice. Dryden. --
To take pleasure in, to have enjoyment in. Ps. cxlvii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Pleasure is used adjectively, or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pleasure boat, pleasure ground; pleasure house, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Enjoyment; gratification; satisfaction; comfort; solace; joy; gladness; delight; will; choice; preference; purpose; command; favor; kindness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pleasured p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasuring. ] To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Rolled ] his hoop to pleasure Edith. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affording pleasure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pleasure seeker. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person devoted to worldly pleasure. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To please exceedingly. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un*pleas"ant*ly, adv. -- Un*pleas"ant*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Unpleasantries [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Want of pleasantry. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of disagreement; a falling out. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unpleasant. [ Obs. ] “An unpleasive passion.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

See obnoxious.
See observable.
See observant.
See obstructive.
See obvious.
See official.
See officious.
See oppressive.
See ordinary.
See ordinate.
See original.
See ornamental.
See orthodox.
See ostentatious.
See pacifiable.
See pacific.
See painful.
See palatable.
See parallelable.
See pardonable.
See partable.
See participant.
See passionate.
See pastoral.
See pathetic.
See patriotic.
See peaceable.
See peaceful.
See pedantic.
See perceivable.
See perceptible.
See perilous.
See permanent.
See personable.
See perspirable.
See persuadable.
See persuasive.
See philanthropic.
See philosophic.
See philosophical.
See physical.
See picturesque.
See pierceable.
See pitiful.
See plain.
See plausible.
See plausive.
See pleadable.
See pleasurable.
See pliable.
See pliant.
See plumb.
See poetic.
See poetical.
See political.
See popular.
See populous.
See portable.
See potable.
See precarious.
See precise.
See pregnant.
See prejudicate.
See prelatical.
See premeditable.
See presentable.
See preservable.
See presumptuous.
See pretentious.
See pretty.
See prevalent.
See priestly.
See primitive.
See princely.
See procurable.
See producible.
See productive.
See professional.
See profitable.
See prolific.
See pronounceable.
See prophetic.
See propitious.
See proportionable.
See proportionate.
See prosperous.
See provable.
See punctilious.
See punctual.
See punishable.
See pure.
See qualifiable.
See quenchable.
See quiet.
See rational.
See readable.
See reasonable.
See recallable.
See reclaimable.
See recognizable.
See reconcilable.
See recoverable.
See recumbent.
See reformable.
See refusable.
See regardable.
See regardant.
See relative.
See relievable.
See reluctant.
See remarkable.
See remediable.
See rememberable.
See remorseful.
See removable.
See remunerative.
See repairable.
See repealable.
See repentant.
See reprovable.
See repugnant.
See requisite.
See requitable.
See resolvable.
See respectable.
See restful.
See retentive.
See returnable.
See revengeful.
See ridable.
See ridiculous.
See rightful.
See romantic.
See rough.
See royal.
See ruinable.
See ruly.
See sacrificial.
See safe.
See sage.
See sailable.
See salable.
See sane.
See sanguine.
See sanitary.
See satisfactory.
See satisfiable.
See saturable.
See savory.
See scalable.
See scaly.
See scholarly.
See scholastic.
See scientific.
See scornful.
See scriptural.
See sculptural.
See seaworthy.
See sectarian.
See secular.
See sedentary.
See selfish.
See sentient.
See sentimental.
See serviceable.
See severe.
See shamefaced.
See shamefast.
See shapely.
See shy.
See sick.
See sicker.
See sightly.
See simple.
See sinewy.
See sizable.
See sleek.
See slumberous.
See sly.
See smooth.
See smotherable.
See smutty.
See sober.
See sociable.
See social.
See solemn.
See soliciutous.
See solvable.
See speakable.
See speedy.
See spiritual.
See spontaneous.
See sportful.
See sportsmanlike.
See statutable.
See steadfast.
See steady.
See stormy.
See stout.
See strong.
See subduable.
See subject.
See submissive.
See subordinate.
See substantial.
See successive.
See succorable.
See suggestive.
See suitable.
See sunny.
See superfluous.
See supple.
See sure.
See surpassable.
See susceptible.
See suspect.
See suspectable.
See suspicious.
See sustainable.
See sweet.
See syllogistical.
See symbolic.
See sympathetic.
See systematic.
See tamable.
See tame.
See teachable.
See technical.
See tellable.
See tenable.
See tender.
See terrestrial.
See terrific.
See thankful.
See theological.
See thinkable.
See thirsty.
See thorny.
See thoughtful.
See tidy.
See tillable.
See toothsome.
See touchable.
See traceable.
See tractable.
See tragic.
See tranquil.
See transferable.
See translatable.
See transmutable.
See transparent.
See transpassable.
See traversable.
See tremulous.
See trimphant.
See trustworthy.
See trusty.
See tumultous.
See tunable.
See uniform.
See usable.
See useful.
See vanquishable.
See variant.
See venerable.
See venomous.
See veracious.
See verdant.
See veritable.
See vigilant.
See vigorous.
See virtuous.
See vital.
See vitrifiable.
See vocal.
See voidable.
See voluptuous.
See voyageable.
See vulgar.
See walkable.
See warlike.
See watchful.
See watery.
See wealthy.
See wearable.
See weary.
See welcome.
See wet.
See wholesome.
See wieldsome.
See willful.
See wily.
See witty.
See womanly.
See workable.
See workmanlike.
See worldly.
See worshipful.
See wrathful.
See writable.
See zealous.
------ and the like.
[ 1913 Webster ]