Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Displease

Displease , transitive verb

[Old French desplaisir, whence French déplaisir displeasure; pref. des- (Latin dis-) + plaisir to please. See Please, and compare Displeasure.]

1.
To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
God was displeased with this thing. — 1 Chron. xxi. 7
Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? — Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer)
This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. — J. Fletcher
Adversity is so wholesome... why should we be displeased therewith? — Barrow
2.
To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obsolete]
I shall displease my ends else. — Beau. & Fl

Displease , intransitive verb

To give displeasure or offense. [Obsolete]