Please
Please verb - To give satisfaction to.
Usage example: fresh flowers please me greatly
Nearby Word: pleased
Upset
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Mean Boss: Heru seems to be this - Turner alternates between trying not to upset him and asking him to please stop talking and let him do his work.
Source: Webcomic / Godslave -
Both are short, eager to please, happy to make friends, and get upset if they can't help you.
Source: Cute Machines -
In Girls Out Late, Ellie, Nadine and Magda are upset when they discover that their favourite pop star has given up her career to please her boyfriend.
Source: Creator / Jacqueline Wilson
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Upset and Please. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/please/upset
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