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Definitions for: Pleasant
[adj] pleasant in manner or behavior; "I didn`t enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
[adj] affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Usage: 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.
Pleas"ant, n.
A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
Synonyms: beautiful, dulcet, enjoyable, fine, grateful, gratifying, idyllic, nice, pastoral, pleasurable
Antonyms: unpleasant
See Also: good-natured, pleasing
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