pleasant

[ plez-uhnt ]

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adjective

pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
(of persons, manners, disposition, etc.) socially acceptable or adept; polite; amiable; agreeable.

fair, as weather: a pleasant summer day.
Archaic. lively, sprightly, or merry.
Obsolete. jocular or facetious.

Origin of pleasant

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English plesaunt, from Old French plaisant, originally present participle of plaisir “to please”; equivalent to please + -ant

Other words for pleasant

1	welcome, gratifying
2	delightful, congenial, friendly

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Other words from pleasant

pleas·ant·ly, adverb
pleas·ant·ness, noun

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How to use pleasant in a sentence

Another sunny and pleasant day is in store as we close out the long weekend.
D.C.-area forecast: Still mild with sunshine today, gusty showers and storms tomorrow | Brian Jackson | November 29, 2020 | Washington Post
Installing a responsive web design will help solve your duplicated content issues on account of using one URL across devices and adapting the layout and content to fit any screen size while offering a consistent and pleasant user experience.
Five great ways responsive web design benefits your SEO | Jos Davies | November 25, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
It has many LGBTQ businesses and organizations, and has a pleasant feel with many bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks.
Detroit : What to Know if You’re Moving to the Motor City | LGBTQ-Editor | November 24, 2020 | No Straight News
We should see winds start to ebb this evening, and conditions should be more pleasant — if also a little cooler — tomorrow.
PM Update: Seasonably chilly tonight and Tuesday as winds slowly wane | Ian Livingston | November 23, 2020 | Washington Post
Ditto stuffing, where scallions and shallots can deliver that fresher flavor in addition to a pleasant crunch.
Onions, shallots, scallions and leeks are mostly interchangeable in recipes. Here’s how to use what you have. | Becky Krystal | November 23, 2020 | Washington Post

Not for him the false compliments paid by Washington to the "pleasantness" of race relations in the South of 1900.
David's Book Club: The Souls of Black Folk | David Frum | May 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Uplift and pleasantness: is this an acceptable definition of what we mean by literature?
The Future of Book Reviews: Critics vs. Amazon Reviewers | Jane Ciabattari | May 12, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
For cure of heart-ache, he suggested the pleasantness of garden nooks, and the repose that lingers about a dew-sprinkled lawn.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Caird
They made him a prince among them, and he lived with them ever after in pleasantness and peace.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala | Various
It was as though she said farewell to its comfort and pleasantness.
Mary Gray | Katharine Tynan
Many were convinced, and this did not add to the pleasantness of our lot.
The Escape of a Princess Pat | George Pearson
But his ways were not altogether ways of pleasantness, nor entirely in the paths of peace.
The Scandinavian Element in the United States | Kendric Charles Babcock

British Dictionary definitions for pleasant

pleasant

/ (ˈplɛzənt) /

adjective

giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable
having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc

obsolete merry and lively

Origin of pleasant

C14: from Old French plaisant, from plaisir to please

Derived forms of pleasant

pleasantly, adverb
pleasantness, noun

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