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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Another pleasing development came after the game, when the media contingent dwarfed the one from three days earlier.
From Los Angeles Times
Perhaps most pleasing of all has been the volume of contributions down the order.
From BBC
I exposed for the highlights and let the shadows of the stadium create a compositionally pleasing frame as he delivered a pitch.
From BBC
Increasingly bonkers developments drive a pleasing final act that brings in several satisfying callbacks to the 1997 original.
"I thought, in terms of attitude, the ability to stick in the game for 80 minutes was the most pleasing."
From BBC
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