adj which pleases ○ What a pleasant garden! ○ How pleasant it is to sit here under the trees! □ he didn’t bring the pleasantest of news he brought bad news
pleas´ant
a. [F. plaisant. See Please.]
1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. “Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Ps. cxxxiii. 1.
2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. “From grave to light, from pleasant to serve.” Dryden. Syn. — Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good- humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty. — Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one’s tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed.
1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. “Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Ps. cxxxiii. 1.
2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. “From grave to light, from pleasant to serve.” Dryden. Syn. — Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good- humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty. — Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one’s tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed.
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