Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
affording pleasure;
being in harmony with your taste or likings;
- Example: "we had a pleasant evening together"- Example: "a pleasant scene"- Example: "pleasant sensations"2.
(of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior;
- Example: "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleasant \Pleas"ant\, n.
A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleasant \Pleas"ant\, a. [F. plaisant. See Please.]
1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses;
agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.
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Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity! --Ps. cxxxiii.
1.
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2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive;
as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.
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From grave to light, from pleasant to serve.
--Dryden.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pleasant
adj 1: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or
likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a
pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" [ant:
unpleasant]
2: (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't
enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"