displeasingly

/dɪsplˈizɪŋli/ adv

In a displeasing manner.

Word Origin Displeasingly is built from dis- 'reversal' and please, from Latin placere 'to please, be acceptable.' The root placere gives us pleasure, pleasant, complacent (pleased with oneself), and implacable (not able to be pleased). The dis- prefix reverses it: displeasingly means 'in a way that causes displeasure.' The PIE root *plāk- 'to be flat, calm' is behind placere — to please is to calm someone.

adv In a displeasing manner.

The food was displeasingly bland, lacking any seasoning or flavor.

(副词) 令人不悦地;使人不快地

这食物令人不快地寡淡,没有任何调味或风味。

(adverbio) De manera desagradable.

La comida era desagradablemente insípida, sin ningún condimento ni sabor.

(adverbe) désagréablement; de manière déplaisante; de façon désagréable; déplaisamment [De manière déplaisante ou désagréable.]

La nourriture était désagréablement fade, sans aucun assaisonnement.

(Adverb) unangenehm; missfällig [Auf eine Weise, die Missfallen oder Unzufriedenheit hervorruft.]

Das Essen war **displeasingly** fade und hatte keinerlei Würze.

(副詞) 不快な様子で。不満を感じさせるやり方で。

料理は不快なほど薄味で、何の味付けも風味もなかった。

(advérbio) desagradavelmente; de modo desagradável; de maneira desagradável [De maneira desagradável.]

A comida era desagradavelmente insípida, sem qualquer tempero ou sabor.

Word parts: dis + please + ing + ly

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