Meanings
adjectivedispleasant (comparative more displeasant, superlative most displeasant)
comparative more displeasant · superlative most displeasant · alternative displeasaunt
- obsolete except as archaicUnpleasant, disagreeable.
‘She suffers spasms, torsions and trances. It sounds most displeasant.’
2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 383
Origin
- Old Frenchdesplaisant
- Englishdispleasant
From Old French desplaisant, present participle of desplaire (“to displease”).
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