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adj
Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of please.
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
giving pleasure and satisfaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: displeasing
noun
the act of one who pleases
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Broader terms: gratification
History
From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.
From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please + -ing.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
