pleasing

Noun · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the act of one who pleases

Adjective (1)

  1. giving pleasure and satisfaction“a pleasing piece of news”“pleasing in manner and appearance”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, n. An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]

1.To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. [1913 Webster]

I pray to God that it may plesen you.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will. [1913 Webster]

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he.— Ps. cxxxv. 6.[1913 Webster]
A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech.— J. Edwards.[1913 Webster]

3.To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19. [1913 Webster]

To-morrow, may it please you.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To be pleased in or To be pleased with, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in.

To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. "Pleasing harmony." --Shak. "Pleasing features." --Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant. [1913 Webster]

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