pleasant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- [ˈplɛz.n̩t]
- /ˈplez.ənt/ (Australia)
- /ˈplɛz.ənt/
Etymology
From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.
Meanings
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Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:“I cannot see that London has any great advantage over the country, for my part, except the shops and public places. The country is a vast deal pleasanter, is not it, Mr. Bingley?”
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 94:We had a pleasant walk around the town.
“I was only going to say,” said Scrooge’s nephew, “that the consequence of his taking a dislike to us, and not making merry with us, is, as I think, that he loses some pleasant moments, which could do him no harm. I am sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find in his own thoughts, either in his mouldy old office, or his dusty chambers.
1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 109:“O Oysters, come and walk with us!” / The Walrus did beseech. / “A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, / Along the briny beach:
1871 December 27 (indicated as 1872), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 133:1:“[…] If you pray to St. Anne before twelve o’clock on a Wednesday, you’ll get a pleasant surprise before the end of the week.”
1989, Hilary Mantel, chapter 2, in Fludd, New York: Henry Holt, published 2000, page 25:
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(obsolete) Facetious, joking.
[T]ell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn’d his balls to gun-stones […]
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:[…] I present you here with a merrie conceited Comedie, called the Shoomakers Holyday, acted by my Lorde Admiralls Players this present Christmasse, before the Queenes most excellent Maiestie. For the mirth and pleasant matter, by her Highnesse graciously accepted; being indeede no way offensiue.
1600, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker’s Holiday, London: Dedication:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pleasanter | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| pleasantest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pleasant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most pleasant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unpleasant · repulsive · annoying · nasty · disagreeable
Deriveds
pleasantness · Pleasant Prairie · Lake Pleasant · pleasantly · pleasantry · Pleasant Mound · Mount Pleasant · Point Pleasant · Pleasant Valley · Pleasant Hills · Pleasant Grove · pleasantish
Hyponyms
delicious · attractive · euphonious · fragrant
Relateds
Synonyms
pleasant · amiable · acceptable · gorgeous · agreeable · nice · comely · appropriate · pleasing · felicitous · charming · pleasurable · welcome
Translations (106)
mi rerehua (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ang wynsum (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la dulcis (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · min lamak (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ko 유쾌하다 (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ja 愉快な (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la amoenus (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · eo agrabla (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la bellus (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · it gradito (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ga taitneamhach (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · mk пријатен (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · hi सुखदायी (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ga aoibheallach (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · az fərəhli (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ru прия́тный (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sh при̏ја̄тан (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · es ameno (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sv angenäm (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · cs příjemný (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sc galanu (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · uk приє́мний (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ar سَارّ (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · it piacevole (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · gd tlachdmhor (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ro agreabil (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · nl fijn (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · nrf pliaîsant (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌼𐍃 (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · es placible (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ko 기분 좋은 (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · bn আনন্দদায়ক (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · cmn 愉快 (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · tr sevimli (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · pl przyjemny (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · et meeldiv (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · swg ognehm (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fr plaisant (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sv trevlig (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · mi pārekareka (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · bn খোশ (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · it gradevole (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · el ευχάριστος (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ca agradable (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ko 즐겁다 (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · he נָעִים (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la blandus (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · es apacible (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · tr hoş (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · mi āhuareka (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la suāvis (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ga grianmhar (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ga pléisiúrtha (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la iūcundus (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · nl behaaglijk (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · eo plezura (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · da behagelig (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fa دلپذیر (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · hu rokonszenves (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · vi dễ chịu (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · nl plezierig (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fi mukava (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ro plăcută (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ro plăcut (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · mi makue (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sh prȉjātan (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · eo plaĉa (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · nl aangenaam (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · tr güzel (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fi kiva (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · es aplacible (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · hi सुखद (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ga lách (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · got 𐍅𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · mi purotu (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fi miellyttävä (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fi rattoisa (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · grc ἡδύς (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la grātus (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · gl pracenteiro (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ro savurabil (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ja 楽しい (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · de angenehm (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · hi सुहाना (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · th สนุก (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · hy հաճելի (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · hu kellemes (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sl prijeten (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · az xoş (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · tr tatlı (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ga aiteasach (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fy noflik (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · fr agréable (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · pt agradável (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sk príjemný (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ca plaent (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · la benignus (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · da rar (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ar لَطِيف (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · ar مُمْتِع (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · hi सुखदायक (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · es placentero (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · be прые́мны (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · sv behaglig (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · mi matareka (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) · bg прия́тен (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner)