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Displeasing

//dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.

    "After the hurricane, the building was structurally sound but aesthetically displeasing'Bold text'."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of displease form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”). By surface analysis, dis- + pleasing.

Etymology 2

Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”). By surface analysis, dis- + pleasing.

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