Definition of "displease" [dis•please]

• To cause annoyance or vexation to. (verb-transitive)
• To cause annoyance or displeasure. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""Does the expression displease you, mademoiselle?" laughingly said the young man; "is it the word 'little,' or the word 'sister'?""
• ""Does the idea displease you?" he asked, in his turn grave."
• "I understand the press does not want to "displease" the White House because they will be denied access."