pleasant (redirected from pleasantest)

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

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 [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