mispleaseEtymologyFrom Middle English misplesen, equivalent to mis- + please. Compare Old French mesplaire.verbTo fail in pleasing; displease.“Oh, i [sic] have one great Fear to misplease Him, and I pray He give me more of that Fear each Day, He my heavenly Father, not the Fear like Olga to the Knout, but to fear I misplease Him my Father, and make me not worthy of His Love.”