pleasant (redirected from pleasanter)

pleas·ant  (plznt)

adj. pleas·ant·er, pleas·ant·est

1. Giving or affording pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable: a pleasant scene; pleasant sensations.

2. Pleasing in manner, behavior, or appearance.

3. Fair and comfortable: pleasant weather.

4. Merry; lively.

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[Middle English plesaunt, from Old French plaisant, present participle of plaisir, to please, from Latin placre; see plk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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pleasant·ly adv.

pleasant·ness n.

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pleasant [ˈplɛz^ənt]

adj

1. giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable

2. having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc.

3. Obsolete merry and lively

[from Old French plaisant, from plaisir to please]

pleasantly  adv

pleasantness  n

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pleasant

• amicable, amiable - Amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and is commonly applied only to people—though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes. Amiable first meant "kind" or "lovely, lovable," and amicable first applied to things and meant "pleasant, benign."
• jolly - Comes from Old French jolif, "merry, festive, pleasant."
• merry - First meant "peaceful" or "pleasant," which is what it first meant in "Merry Christmas."
• soft - First meant "agreeable, pleasant."

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" good-natured - having an easygoing and cheerful disposition; "too good-natured to resent a little criticism"; "the good-natured policeman on our block"; "the sounds of good-natured play" nice - pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today" pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
	2.	pleasant - (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around" nice - pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today"

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pleasant

adjective

1. pleasing, nice, welcome, satisfying, fine, lovely, acceptable, amusing, refreshing, delightful, enjoyable, gratifying, agreeable, pleasurable, delectable, lekker (S. African slang) a pleasant surprise
pleasing awful, offensive, horrible, miserable, unpleasant, distasteful, horrid, repulsive, disagreeable

2. friendly, nice, agreeable, likable or likeable, engaging, charming, cheerful, cheery, good-humoured, amiable, genial, affable, congenial He was most anxious to seem agreeable and pleasant.
friendly offensive, horrible, rude, cold, horrid, unfriendly, disagreeable, impolite, unlikable or unlikeable

Translations

pleasant [ˈpleznt] ADJ

1. (= agreeable) [place, experience, smell, taste, voice] → agradable; [surprise] → grato, agradable; [face] → agradable, simpático
it's very pleasant here → aquí se está muy bien
it made a pleasant change from our usual holiday → supuso un agradable cambio respecto a nuestras vacaciones habituales
pleasant dreams! → ¡que sueñes con los angelitos!
pleasant-looking → de aspecto agradable

2. (= friendly) [person] → agradable, simpático; [style] → agradable
he has a pleasant manner → es agradable or simpático or amable
try and be a bit more pleasant to your sister → procura ser un poco más agradable con tu hermana

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pleasant [ˈplɛz^ənt] adj

[day, weather, place, taste, smell] → agréable

(= friendly) [person, smile, manner] → agréable

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pleasant

adj aroma, taste → angenehm; surprise also, news → erfreulich; person also, face → nett; manner also, smile → freundlich; building → gefällig; to make oneself pleasant to somebody → jdn ein wenig unterhalten

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pleasant [ˈplɛznt] adj (gen) → piacevole, gradevole; (surprise, news) → bello/a; (smell) → gradevole, buono/a; (people, smile) → simpatico/a; (weather) → bello/a
we had a pleasant time → ci siamo divertiti

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pleasant

adj pleasant [ˈpleznt]

giving pleasure; agreeable a pleasant day/person. aangenaam سار، لَطيف، مُبْهِج приятен příjemný, milý dejlig; rar angenehm ευχάριστος agradable, amable, simpático meeldiv خوشایند miellyttävä agréable נָעִים मनोहर ugodan,vedar kellemes menyenangkan notalegur piacevole 楽しい 유쾌한, 즐거운 malonus patīkams; jauks menyeronokkan aangenaam behagelig, hyggelig przyjemny agradável plăcut, agre­abil приятный; милый príjemný prijeten prijatan behaglig, angenäm น่ายินดี hoş 愉快的 приємний خوش گوار پسنديدہ dễ chịu 愉快的

adv pleasantly

aangenaam بِسُرور приятно příjemně dejligt; rart angenehm ευχάριστα agradablemente, amablemente, simpáticamente meeldivalt بطور خوشایند miellyttävästi agréablement בְּצוּרָה נְעִימָה सुखपूर्वक ugodno,prijazno kellemesen secara menyenangkan notalega piacevolmente 楽しく 유쾌하게 maloniai patīkami; jauki dgn cara yg menyeronokkan aangenaam behagelig, hyggelig przyjemnie agradavelmente plăcut, amabil приятно; мило príjemne prijetno prijatno behagligt, angenämt อย่างน่ายินดี hoş bir şekilde 愉快地 приємно خوش گواري سے một cách dễ chịu 愉快地

n pleasantness

aangenaamheid سُرور، بَهْجَه нещо приятно přívětivost behagelighed das Angenehme ευχαρίστηση amabilidad, simpatía meeldivus صفا؛ دلپذیری miellyttävyys amabilité; agrément נוֹעָם दिल्लगी ugodnost,prijaznost vminek a kellemes volta sikap menyenangkan notalegheit piacevolezza 楽しさ 유쾌함 maloni atmosfera bauda; jaukums sifat yg menyeronokkan het aangename behagelighet, hyggelighet przyjemna atmosfera encanto amabilitate; caracter plăcut приятность prívetivosť prijetnost prijatnost behaglighet ความรื่นรมย์ hoş olma 愉快 приємність خوش گواري sự dễ chịu 愉快

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pleasant → سار příjemný behagelig angenehm ευχάριστος agradable miellyttävä agréable prijazan piacevole 楽しい 유쾌한 plezierig trivelig przyjemny agradável приятный angenäm น่าพอใจ hoş dễ chịu 令人愉快的