unpleased vs displeased :

unpleased or displeased

If someone is unpleased, he is showing displeasure. If someone is displeased, he is also showing displeasure. Both are synonymous but "displeased" is more commonly used. Please note that "unpleasing" however, is not synonymous with "displeasing". "Displeasing" has a negative connotation.

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Definitions
  displeased
  • v  give displeasure to
  • a  not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure
News & Articles
  displeased
  • Avon sprucing up I-90 interchanges
    AVON — Displeased with the regular maintenance of Avon’s I-90 interchanges by the Ohio Department of Transportation, the city is looking to spruce them up.
    June 13, 2013 - The Morning Journal
  • Avon sprucing up I-90 interchanges
    AVON — Displeased with the regular maintenance of Avon’s I-90 interchanges by the Ohio Department of Transportation, the city is looking to spruce them up.
    June 13, 2013 - The Morning Journal
  • Yankees' Cano won’t pick Royals' Butler again for HR Derby
    OAKLAND, Calif. — If you think Royals fans were displeased at Robinson Cano for not naming Billy Butler to the AL’s Home Run Derby team last year, they aren’t going to any happier this year. “No chance,’’ Cano said when asked if he would pick Butler, who has five...
    June 12, 2013 - New York Post