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pleasant
[ plez-uhnt ]
adjective
pleasant news.
Synonyms: gratifying, welcome
- (of persons, manners, disposition, etc.) socially acceptable or adept; polite; amiable; agreeable.
Synonyms: friendly, congenial, delightful
- fair, as weather:
a pleasant summer day.
- Archaic. lively, sprightly, or merry.
- Obsolete. jocular or facetious.
pleasant
/ ˈplɛzənt /
adjective
- giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable
- having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc
- obsolete.merry and lively
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Derived Forms
- ˈpleasantness, noun
- ˈpleasantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- pleasant·ly adverb
- pleasant·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pleasant1
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Example Sentences
When we had that meeting in the Caribbean, Jeffrey was holding his own and not only was he a pleasant host, he was pleasant guy.
However, in reality, this should be the norm, not a “pleasant surprise.”
The Internet is like booze—a little bit gives you a pleasant buzz.
That the Globes did this year, rewarding both Rodriguez and the series in Best Comedy, is a pleasant surprise.
Office workers have pleasant picnic lunches on the empty roads.
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
And Jimmy thought that if he must wait for him again he would wait in a pleasant place.
Now this morning I saw it put down for to-day Very pleasant, and I knew for sartin it would rain before night.
He was a tall, active young fellow with a pleasant face and a pair of fine black eyes.
He couldn't know now whether she was serious or merely joking; but notwithstanding it sounded pleasant to his ears.
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