Unpleased

ppl. a. [UN-¹ 8.]

  1.  Not pleased; displeased. Now rare.

c. 1450.  trans. De Imitatione, III. xxv. 96. As ofte tymes as I fele me unplesid & greved.

1520.  Caxton, Chron. Eng., IV. 33/1. It was no meruayle all though the prynce was vnpleased.

1593.  Shaks., Rich. II., III. iii. 193. Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas’d Eye see your Courtesie.

1613.  Chapman, Rev. Bussy d’Ambois, III. F 3 b. Hee that vnpleas’d to hold his place, will range.

1692.  Washington, trans. Milton’s Def. Pop., ii. Wks. 1851, VIII. 65. God … was extreamly unpleas’d with them for asking a King.

1733.  Hervey, Mem. Geo. (1848), I. 198. A sort of unpleased smile.

1762.  Cowper, Miss Macartney, 64. The phlegm of sullen elves, Who … Extend no care beyond themselves, Unpleasing and unpleas’d.

1831.  Wordsw., Avon, 14. Never … may the good Shrink from thy name, pure Rill, with unpleased ears.

1901.  Clive Holland, Mousmé, 204. Glances of frank admiration which Lou looked not unpleased to see.

  † 2.  Unpaid. Obs.^–1

1604.  Middleton, Father Hubburd’s T., F 3. I am not worth … three farthings: beside my Lodging vnpleasde.