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noun
The state or quality of being pleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something pleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
the quality of giving pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sweetness
Antonyms: unpleasantness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: agreeableness, amenity, enjoyableness, niceness, disagreeableness
noun
the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unpleasantness
Broader terms: pleasure, pleasance
Narrower terms: afterglow
History
Etymology tree English pleasant Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pleasantness From pleasant + -ness.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
