pleaser
Americannoun
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a person or thing that is pleasing or appealing, often to a specified group.
This book is a pleaser for readers who like their sci-fi livened up with emotional complexity.
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a person whose general habit or chief aim is to please or satisfy others.
You are a mom pleaser; you’ll say or do anything to make her happy.
A leader must be sensitive to the opinions of every section of their constituency, but without being a people pleaser.
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He may also have offered up ammunition to the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who has already accused Burnham of being a "people pleaser" who finds it difficult to say no to people.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
I’m trying to get away from being a people pleaser and trying to make sure everybody likes me, even people that I don’t even know.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
We could be the go-getter, the people pleaser, the co-dependent one, or even the savior.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
The indie darling-turned-franchise hitmaker can craft everything from horror to period piece, crowd pleaser to prestige.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
Mother often described herself as a pleaser: she said she couldn’t stop herself from speculating what people wanted her to be, and from contorting herself, compulsively, unwillingly, into whatever it was.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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