Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Giving pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Pleasure given or afforded; pleasurable or pleasure-giving quality; gratification; charm.
- n. Satisfaction; approbation.
- n. A matter of pleasure.
- Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable to the senses or to the mind; gratifying: as, a pleasing prospect; a, pleasing reflection; pleasing manners.
- Synonyms Agreeable, Congenial, etc. See pleasant.
Wiktionary
- adj. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
- n. Sense of satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
- v. present participle of please.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful.
- n. An object of pleasure.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. giving pleasure and satisfaction
- n. the act of one who pleases
Examples
“Your success in the field of your especial ambition will be assured if you win your first chance there by making an _initial_ pleasing impression and then _keep right on pleasing_.”
“The president held a meeting behind closed doors with the ANC provincial executive in East London, which he described as pleasing and interesting.”
“Equally pleasing is the news that Mori is currently at work on another series, Otoyomegatari, which takes place along the Silk Road trade routes.”
“He was more interested in pleasing all of the people and all of the corporate donors all the time, than in getting the job done.”
“He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope of new pleasure are perused again; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day.”
Wicked Quotes on Writing by Dr. Johnson on the occasion of his 300th
“I have a sneaky suspicion that Lifetime pulled strings to make winners out of the designers that specialize in pleasing, ready-to-wear stuff that their female audience could picture themselves wearing.”
“Her intellect is not in pleasing any politician, her mission is to serve the people fairly.”
“The administration is a strong proponent of these reforms, but the challenge lies in pleasing the CBO — which finds savings by following Potter Stewart rule life: “I know it when I see it.””
“Wherefore, seeing I am an old man and look not long to live, I mind not by the help of God to trouble my conscience in pleasing the king this way whatsoever become of me, but rather here to spend out the remnant of my old days in praying to God for him. posted by John at 2: 08 PM”
“By the way, after 10 years, I have never been successful in pleasing my mother-in-law yet.”
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