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[ adjective ] experiencing or manifesting pleasure

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

Scotty was pleased .

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

On_the_contrary , he was pleased that his face showed a neglect of several days .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

He drew_back , embarrassed and pleased .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

She was terribly pleased .

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

In_the_meantime he was pleased with the warm night and the still more pleasing company of his water_brother .

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[ adjective ] feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth

Synonyms

proud_of

Examples

"proud of their child"

Used in print

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

Dr._Isaacs was so pleased with the quality of her biographical study of Sara_Sullam that he considered submitting it to the Century_Magazine or Harper 's but he decided that its Jewish subject probably would not interest them and published it in The_Messenger , `` so our readers will be benefited instead '' .

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

He seemed very pleased with himself , as though some intricate scheme was working_out exactly as he had planned .

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

All evening she was eloquent and pleased with herself .

Related terms

proud

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[ adjective ] experiencing pleasure or joy

Synonyms

happy

Examples

"happy you are here" "pleased with the good news"

Related terms

glad

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