pleasing

English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English pleizinge, plesende ‎(present participle), equivalent to please +‎ -ing.

Verb

pleasing

1. present participle of please

Adjective

pleasing ‎(comparative more pleasing, superlative most pleasing)

1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

Synonyms

• queme

Related terms

• pleasant
• pleasantly
• satisfaction

Translations

giving pleasure

• Arabic: سَارّ ‎(sārr)
• Bulgarian: приятен (bg) ‎(prijáten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愉快 (zh) ‎(yúkuài)

• French: plaisant (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: angenehm (de)
• Japanese: 楽しい (ja) ‎(たのしい, tanoshii)

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: venustus
• Portuguese: agradável (pt)
• Romanian: agreabil (ro), plăcut (ro)
• Russian: прия́тный (ru) ‎(prijátnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachdmhor
• Spanish: grato (es)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Middle English plesing, plesinge ‎(“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please +‎ -ing.

Noun

pleasing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pleasings)

1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
   • Isaac Barrow

     What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]

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