Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

best pleased

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: best -pleased
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

displeased, upset, disgruntled

British usage

Example Sentences

"Satisfaction levels among performers might be generally high, but there are whispers from old-school theatre folk that they're not best pleased about Hollywood coming in and stealing the limelight."
"Can't say we'd be best pleased if the terrifying sound of explosives was going on underneath our bedroom window, but the assembled crowd seem to enjoy it."
"They said: “I'm hardly best pleased to receive this and neither, I presume, are all the others whose confidentiality has been breached by this.”"

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does best pleased mean?: displeased, upset, disgruntled

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