displeasant

English

Alternative forms

• displeasaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French desplaisant, present participle of desplaire (“to displease”).

Adjective

displeasant (comparative more displeasant, superlative most displeasant)

1. (obsolete except as archaic) Unpleasant, disagreeable.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 383:

     ‘She suffers spasms, torsions and trances. It sounds most displeasant.’

Derived terms

• displeasantly
• displeasantness