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Definition of Pleasing

1. Noun. The act of one who pleases.

2. Adjective. Giving pleasure and satisfaction. "Pleasing in manner and appearance"

Definition of Pleasing

1. a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners.

2. n. An object of pleasure.

Definition of Pleasing

1. Adjective. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification. ¹

2. Noun. Sense of satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing." ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of please) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pleasing

1. please [v] - See also: please

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleasing

please say again please sit down please speak more slowly please turn left please turn right pleased pleased as Punch pleased to meet you pleasedly pleasedness

pleaser pleasers pleases pleasest pleaseth pleasing (current term) pleasingly pleasingness pleasingnesses pleasings

pleasurability pleasurable pleasurableness pleasurably pleasure-boat pleasure-pain principle pleasure-unpleasure principle pleasure boat pleasure craft

Literary usage of Pleasing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"the bureau was so pleasing that it became an object of admiration to visitors, among others the Duchess of Buckingham, who had one made like it and so ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"the bureau was so pleasing that it became an object of admiration to visitors, among others the Duchess of Buckingham, who had one made like it and so ..."

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