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[ adjective ] giving pleasure and satisfaction
Examples "a pleasing piece of news" "pleasing in manner and appearance" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)As_a_matter_of_fact , this latter approach has already been tried , and with pleasing results . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)If we return to them today , we have no difficulty spotting their weaknesses but we find them still pleasing . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Secondly , to find a learned diversion and a pleasing joke in More 's account of the stupid brutalities of early sixteenth century wars , of the anguish of the poor and dispossessed , of the insolence and cruelty of the rich and powerful requires a callousness toward suffering and sin that would be surprising in a moral imbecile and most surprising in More himself . We find it in that `` common way_of_life pleasing to Christ and still in_use among the truest societies of Christians '' , that_is , the better monasteries which made it easier to convert the Utopians to Christianity . (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 ] able to please or win approval
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[ adjective ] giving pleasure or satisfaction
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[ noun ] the act of one who pleases
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[ noun ] the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Synonyms Related terms gratification orgy intemperance overindulgence humor gratify pamper indulge |
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