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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

The use of "displeased"

Hi

This sentence is from the film "Titanic".

Rose is displeased.

Am I to understand that displeased can be used in everyday informal English?

Thanks,

Tom
  

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In my part of the world, "displeased" is not common in everyday conversation but is not impossible. I think I use it myself occasionally, though probably not quite as your sentence does. I might say "I'm very displeased with [whatever]".

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  • In my part of the world, "displeased" is not common in everyday conversation but is not impossible.
  • I think I use it myself occasionally, though probably not quite as your sentence does.
  • I might say "I'm very displeased with [whatever]".
  • Remember that this film is set a hundred years ago.
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In my part of the world, "displeased" is not common in everyday conversation but is not impossible. I think I use it myself occasionally, though probably not quite as your sentence does. I might say "I'm very displeased with [whatever]".

Remember that this film is set a hundred years ago. "Rose is displeased" feels to me like the sort of slightly mannered sentence you would associate wit
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That was me, Mr. Tom.

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