displeasure

Gen. William Tong, signaled their displeasure with proposed deal terms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

"I was pleasantly surprised that there was a strong reference to tariffs, because India could have wanted to be less direct about it, but perhaps this was a chance to convey their displeasure," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

“The subjective displeasure of an offended observer does not amount to a concrete injury,” Sauer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

In reality, Leavitt is without a doubt the worst White House press secretary that I’ve ever had the displeasure of encountering since the day I first met Larry Speakes during the Reagan administration.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The plan that Constance and Foremole had jointly worked out would require very little hand-to-hand combat, much to the badger’s displeasure.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

They call him the English Bayard, and the Frenchman need not be displeasured by the comparison. 

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley

For when the way of pleasuring, and displeasuring, lieth by the favorite, it is impossible any other should be overgreat.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon

For when the way of pleasuring and displeasuring lieth by the favourite, it is impossible any other should be over-great.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys