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pleasing
[ plee-zing ]
pleasing
/ ˈpliːzɪŋ /
adjective
- giving pleasure; likable or gratifying
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Derived Forms
- ˈpleasingness, noun
- ˈpleasingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- pleasing·ly adverb
- pleasing·ness noun
- half-pleasing adjective
- self-pleasing adjective
- un·pleasing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In the most crowd-pleasing section of the exhibition—dubbed Stage and Screen—hang his pictures of celluloid legends.
That plan is pleasing investors: After the layoffs were announced, Microsoft stock jumped 3.8 percent to a 14-year high.
Call them Trojan horse foods: nutritiously pleasing ingredients (oats, yogurts) that conceal a whole host of junk.
She first gains the respect of Khal Drogo by pleasing him sexually.
He follows his own muse—he's a world-class weirdo—but at the same time, he's never solely concerned with pleasing himself.
But, there was also another which might not be quite so pleasing to Elizabeth, although Louis felt it came too late for him.
And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful.
This gift of rice was especially pleasing to the traveller, as no dish is held in higher honour in Korea.
The two most pleasing, expressive, and powerful single instruments of music are the human voice and the violin.
Sterne, in his "Sentimental Journey," gives a pleasing description of snuff-taking with the poor monk.
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