English Explanatory Dictionary

pleasing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of please.
noun
  1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."

Pronunciation

/ˈpliːzɪŋ/ /ˈplizɪŋ/ en-us-pleasing.ogg

Word forms

pleasing more pleasing most pleasing pleasings

Etymology

From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.

Synonyms

enjoyable gratifying satisfying

Related words

pleasance pleasant pleasantly pleasantness please pleasurable pleasurably pleasure

Derived words

self-pleasing impleasing pleasing fungus beetle pleasing lacewing pleasingly pleasingness pleasing on the eye pleasing to the eye unpleasing people-pleasing
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