dépit, n.m., spite, vexation. Avoir du —; to be vexed. Il pleurait de —; he wept for vexation. Faire quelque chose par —; to do a thing out of spite. En — de; in spite of. Ecrire en — du bon sens; to write nonsense.

dépiter, v.a., to vex, to spite.

se dépiter, v.r., to be vexed, to be in a pet, to get out of temper.

déplacé, -e, part., displaced, misplaced, ill-timed, unbecoming. Discours —; uncalled for speech.

déplacement (dé-plas-mān), n.m., displacement, change of place; removal.

déplacer, v.a., to displace, to misplace, to remove, to change.

se déplacer, v.r., to change one’s place, to leave one’s place, one’s residence; (of things) to be displaced.

déplaire, v.n., to displease, to offend; to incur the displeasure of any one; to be unpleasant, disagreeable, to give offense. Ne vous en déplaise; with your leave, if you don’t mind. N’en déplaise à; with all due deference to.

se déplaire, v.r., to dislike, to be displeased with, to displease each other; not to thrive (of animals, plants). Je ne me déplairais pas ici; I should not dislike living here. Les troupeaux se déplaisent dans ce lieu-là; the flocks do not thrive in that place.

déplaisance, n.f., dislike, aversion.