Dictionary Entry

displaced

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/dis-PLAYST/Used In Literature ↓

To put out of place; to disarrange.

In a Sentence

“After the earthquake, many families were displaced from their homes.”

Origin

Late Middle English, from Old French desplacer, from Latin dis‑ (apart) + placare (to place).

Common Phrases

persons displaced. displacedworkers displacedpeople displaced

Synonyms

Antonyms

Poetry examples for “displaced”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

I by Oxcnbridge displaced some men of a higher

This bed and that by tumbling made uneven?
Like one start up your hair tost and displaced,
And with a wanton's tooth your neck new-rased.

Dragged from his mother's arms and breast,
Displaced, disfurnished here,
His wistful toil to do his best

That so they shall not be displaced
By lapses or by wars,

And made her smooth white shoulder bare,
And all her yellow hair displaced,
And, stooping, made my cheek lie there,

"My lord," he said,
"The stars are displaced
"By this towering wisdom."

"My lord," he said,
"The stars are displaced
By this towering wisdom."