displeasant
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- displeasaunt (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Old French desplaisant, present participle of desplaire (“to displease”).
Adjective edit
displeasant (comparative more displeasant, superlative most displeasant)
- (obsolete except as archaic) Unpleasant, disagreeable.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 383:
- ‘She suffers spasms, torsions and trances. It sounds most displeasant.’