Definition of "displeasing" [dis•pleas•ing]

• Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable. (adjective)
• Present participle of displease. (verb)

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• "The fact that you might find this aesthetically displeasing is no kind of evidence for the idea that markets actually are the magic solution you seek."
• "I would not like to be the man that spoke a word displeasing to ye with those eyes of yours."
• "When one of these has a little cunning, he passes his time in the utmost satisfaction to himself and his friends; for his position is never to report or speak a displeasing thing to his friend."