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Common collocations with displeasure in American Collocation

displeasure noun uncountable

US /dɪsˈpleʒər/

great

considerable
evident
extreme
great

The government has done nothing to conceal its great displeasure with these developments.

of God

divine

Floods are less likely to be associated with divine displeasure than with greedy property developers building on flood plains.

experience someone’s displeasure

incur

He incurred the displeasure of his family when he gave up a business career and took up boxing.

express one’s displeasure

express
register
show
signal
vent
voice

The medical profession has expressed its displeasure at its exclusion from these discussions.