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mispleased

mispleased is the simple past and past participle of misplease.

Meaning of misplease

Verb

misplease (third-person singular simple present mispleases, present participle mispleasing, simple past and past participle mispleased)

  1. (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
    • Oh, i [sic] have one great Fear to misplease Him, and I pray He give me more of that Fear each Day, He my heavenly Father, not the Fear like Olga to the Knout, but to fear I misplease Him my Father, and make me not worthy of His Love.1889, William Henry Anderdon, Bracton

Questions about mispleased

What is mispleased the simple past and past participle of?
Mispleased is the simple past and past participle of misplease.

Words near mispleased in the dictionary

  1. mispleaded
  2. mispleading
  3. mispleadings
  4. mispleads
  5. misplease
  6. mispleased
  7. mispleases
  8. mispleasing
  9. mispled
  10. mispledge
  11. mispledged

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