Mispleases

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To cause somebody to feel dissatisfaction or displeasure
2. To create a sense of discontent or annoyance in someone
3. To invoke feelings of unhappiness or disappointment in an individual

Etymology: "Please" comes from Old French "plaisir," meaning "to be pleasing," which descends from Latin "placere," the same verb behind English "placid" and "complacent." The Latin sense was roughly "to lie agreeably before the mind," so anything that pleased was something that met a person's wishes or settled their mind. The prefix "mis-" is native English, from Old English, meaning "wrongly" or "amiss," as in "misjudge" or "misread." Added to "please," it reverses the sense: to misplease someone is to fail to satisfy them, or to cause displeasure through an error or an unfortunate act. The form is an uncommon one, a regular English formation from familiar parts rather than a long-standing entry in general dictionaries, so its meaning follows directly from its two halves.

Synonyms: displeases, offends, annoys, upsets, irritates

Antonyms: pleases, delights, satisfies, gratifies, content