n. [ Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. déplaisir. Cf. Displease. ]
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn
From his displeasure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hast thou delight to see a wretched man
Do outrage and displeasure to himself? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. Peacham.
v. t. To displease. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) An annual European false flax (Camelina sativa) having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America.
n. [ F. plaisir, originally an infinitive. See Please. ]
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xvi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. Prov. xxi. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. 2 Tim. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure Acts xxv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
At pleasure,
To take pleasure in,
☞ Pleasure is used adjectively, or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pleasure boat, pleasure ground; pleasure house, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
[ Rolled ] his hoop to pleasure Edith. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure;
a. Affording pleasure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A pleasure seeker. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]