Causing displeasure or offense; not pleasing or agreeable.
From displease plus the present participle suffix -ing, which can function as an adjective. This form has remained standard in modern English.
Words ending in '-ing' can be tricky—'pleasing' and 'displeasing' are adjectives, but they come from verb forms, showing how English constantly recycles word parts across different grammatical roles!
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