pleasing
Americanadjective
adjective
Usage
What are other ways to say pleasing? Something that is pleasing gives pleasure or is agreeable. But calling something pleasing isn’t quite the same as calling it gratifying or interesting. Find out why on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
- half-pleasing adjective
- pleasingly adverb
- pleasingness noun
- self-pleasing adjective
- unpleasing adjective
Etymology
Origin of pleasing
First recorded in 1350–1400, pleasing is from the Middle English word plesing. See please, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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"It's very pleasing because firstly that is the reason we have won," said Slot.
From BBC
Tradwife influencers advise young women to speak in pleasing tones and warn against intimidating the men in their lives.
From Salon
In that case, Warsh might seem to have power, but that power will be contingent on pleasing his boss.
From Barron's
"What is pleasing is that Defra has taken the NFU's feedback on board in a number of areas where we were concerned about early plans for the new SFI", he added.
From BBC
"There is a lot of cricket around and lots of really exciting things happening in and around cricket in Namibia, which gives the boys a lot of pleasing things to play for."
From Barron's
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