how to pronounce displeasure

/dɪˈsplɛʒ.əɹ/

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displeasure is pronounced in three syllables

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dɪsplɛʒəɹ

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An example use of displeasure in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… much to her agent's displeasure to his …”

meanings of displeasure

noun:

  1. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury.
  2. A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
  3. A state of disgrace or disfavour.

verb:

  1. To displease or offend.

displeasure frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word displeasure occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics displeasure can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that displeasure can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to displeasure

despairpleasuredisclaimerdisclosuredisplacedisplaydeclaredispenser

words that rhyme with displeasure

treasureleisurepleasure

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